Speaking of "W"incompetence: Juan Cole relates that, "An aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani reports that his house in Najaf was sprayed with machine gun fire (-al-Hayat). (If Sistani gets killed in the current fighting in Najaf between the US and the Mahdi Army, there will be hell to pay.) Since the US is using Sistani, heretofore the most respected Shiite religious leader, couldn't it at least keep his house from being shot up?" Oh criminy -- that would really be the ultimate kicker wouldn't it? MOAC, "Mother of All Clusterfucks"