Parliament’s speaker visits Najaf Thursday, meets Sistani – source

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Osama al-Nujiefi, will visit Najaf on Thursday to meet Shiite top cleric Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, media director of the Najaf council said. “Al-Nujiefi will attend the session of the Najaf council to listen to the problems facing the province,” Ahmad Nouri al-Dujieli told IraqiNews.com news agency. Najaf is 160 km south of Baghdad.   SH (TP)/SR 817