INSIGHT | How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's sl

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani said nothing in public about the unrest that erupted on Iraq's streets. But government officials and Shiite insiders say it was only Sistani's stance behind the scenes that halted a meltdown.

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