Thought for the Week

"There is an anger. You can hear it in the slogans at Friday prayers: 'Death to America.' They're burning American flags. They're saying, 'The Americans won't leave except by the funerals of their sons.'

--Jaffar Mohammed Asadi, described as "spokesman for Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Modaressi, a moderate and well-regarded cleric known more for his attempts to boost business in Karbala than for fiery anti-American speeches," in the Los Angeles Times