Allawi in Najaf, meets Sistani

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: Ayad Allawi, head of the Al-Iraqiya Alliance, and his accompanying delegation have arrived in Najaf on Sunday. “They are now in a meeting with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,” a local source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He noted that the delegation was received by the Najaf governor and his deputy. The holy city of Najaf lies 160 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1