Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanese Hezbollah, gave a Friday sermon supporting Muqtada al Sadr, and bereating the U.S. for disrespecting Shiite holy sites in Iraq.
In a joint response, the leading clerics of Najaf and Karbala dressed down Nasrallah and blamed the recent battles near Shiite holy sites on al Sadr himself. Translated excerpts of their response can be found at the Healing Iraq blog (run by an Iraqi dentist).
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