FWIW, I believed you.
Do you think the Iraqis could stil stay calm if Sistani is assassinated?
Hmmmmmm, probably Zarqawi's next project. Or Sadr's, too, maybe.
Uh-oh. Now. we're getting hypothetical. ;-)
There would definitely be a reaction to an event like that, just as there was to the shrine bombomg in Samarra. Hard to say just how intense that reaction would get.
Of course, the reaction would depend on a lot of things. Would there be evidence that al-Qaeda perfomred the dirty deed, or perhaps Iranians tyring to stir things up?
Any number of scenarios could take place, depending on the circumstances. After all, WWI began with an assassination.