"But since the February bombing, Sistani's words have had little impact, Iraqi officials say. Shiite militias have attacked Sunni Arab mosques. Bodies of young Sunni men, blindfolded and tortured with drills, turn up daily in ditches and trash dumps. Sistani has made three fruitless statements to stop the killings." (Notice that these articles in the Washington Post, and other newspapers, ignore the presence of US and Macedonian occupation soldiers in Iraq.)