"Confidant To Sistani Calls For Jaafari To Step Down"

Bill Roggio over at The Fourth Rail, has an imformative post regarding a prominent Shiite asking for Jaafari to step down. This is great news for the Iraqi Govt. Jaafari has been unable to unify the different Iraqi political groups and has been seen as a puppet of Radical Shiites, namely Al Sadr, since he became Prime Minister in 2005.

In Bill's words:

It is clear Sistani has jettisoned support for Jaafari, which all but spells the
end of Jaafari's bid to lead the new government and Sadr's influence with
Jaafari. Sadr has overreached with his threats
against SCIRI's Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and members of the UIA, as well as the
actions of his Mahdi Army militia, and will pay a harsh political price for his
actions.

If you like this article, then I suggest you should visit this site regularly. This guy has a new update almost everyday. Also, "Iraq The Model", is another good one. The writer is an Iraqi citizen who blogs straight from Iraq, plus he has about 50-60 other Iraqi bloggers which he links to.