Iraq Shiite Cleric: Cancel Saddam-era UN Sanctions

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Iraq Shiite Cleric: Cancel Saddam-era UN Sanctions 2012-03-30T12:14:36-07:00

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BAGHDAD (AP) — An aide to Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says Arab and international leaders should work to remove long-standing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said lifting the U.N. sanctions is essential for the country to gain full sovereignty, according to al-Sistani’s representative, Ahmed al-Safi. He spoke during a Friday sermon in the holy city of Karbala.

Iraq has been pressing for the U.N. Security Council to cancel sanctions and more than 70 resolutions adopted after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq’s deposed dictator, Saddam Hussein.

Commenting on the just-completed Arab League summit in Baghdad, Al-Safi said the ayatollah is pleased Iraq is opening up to the Arab world.

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