Top cleric returns 'to rescue Najaf'
Iraq’s top Shiite Muslim cleric Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, who wields enormous influence among Shiite Iraqis, was returning to the chaotic country today to try to rescue the holy city of Najaf, his spokesman said.
Al-Sistani, 73, underwent an angioplasty, a procedure to unblock a coronary artery, on August 13 in London.
