It's The Most Striking Recebt development in troubled Iraq: Ayatollah Ali Husaini Sistani, once a retiring religious figure, has emerged as a national symbol of standing up to the U.S. occupying authorities. His insistence that the new Iraqi transitional government, which is to take power on July 1, be chosen through direct elections rather than caucuses largely controlled by the U.S. and its local friends has galvanized Iraqi politics. It has also sparked concerns that the Najaf-based Shiite cleric will dominate Iraq's politics-just as Ayatollah Khomeini and his successor, Ali Khamenei, did in Iran.
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机译：这是陷入困境的伊拉克最令人震惊的Recebt开发项目：曾经退休的宗教人物Ayatollah Ali Husaini Sistani已成为站起来捍卫美国占领当局的国家象征。他坚持认为，将在7月1日上台的新伊拉克过渡政府是通过直接选举选出的，而不是由美国及其当地朋友在很大程度上控制的因果关系，这激起了伊拉克政治。这也引发了人们的担忧，即位于纳杰夫的什叶派教士将主导伊拉克的政治-就像阿亚图拉·霍梅尼及其继任者阿里·哈梅内伊在伊朗所做的那样。
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