AdvertisementLeading Shiite Cleric Says Iraq Needs A New GovernmentJune 20, 2014Bill ChappellfacebookEmailIraqi Shiites perform the Friday prayer in the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq. Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called for the country's next government to be "effective" and avoid past mistakes, in an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AFP/Getty Images)