This could be another serious roadblock. As we've learned in the past, you don't go crosswise with Sistani and expect to emerge unscathed. Hopefully, we can get get this resolved without putting 10,000 Shi'a in the streets, shutting down government buildings:
The man in charge of drawing up an electoral list backed by Grand Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani, the influential Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, has been arrested by the US military, an aide said.
"American forces on Saturday arrested Muhammad Hashim al-Yahya, coordinator of the six-person committee set up by the Marjaiya (Iraq's highest Shiite authority) to supervise the drawing up of an electoral list with the backing of the ayatollah," a Sistani representative in the holy city of Najaf said.
"If he is not released, there will be serious consequences," the source said, giving no reason for Yahya's arrest in Baghdad.