And who rules in Iraq? From a statement issued yesterday by Iraqi puppet prime minister/car bomber/former Saddam's assassin/embezzler-in-Yemen, Iyad `Allawi: "...I have sent the morning of yesterday a telgram on behalf of the people and government in which I welcomed his excellency Grand Ayatolah the esteemed Sayyid `Ali As-Sistani upon his auspicious return, safe and recovered to his dear country `Iraq, and its people which persevere in praying and hoping for an end to this matter..."