I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.
As long as the holiest sites in Shiadom —Najaf and Karbala — were located in Iraq, the ayatollahs regarded that part of the country as their appanage, viewing as an abomination secular Ba'thists' attempts to dictate affairs in the South.
noncommission of a violent act
The carved surface and breakfaces on the sides of this relief exhibit a uniform appearance in ultraviolet light despite damage to the surface, including scratches, abrasion, and a modern drillhole from a previous mount. […] The head has been broken off at the neck and repaired previously. Breakfaces appear sharp and clean as if the break were recent. […] A chip is associated with the clean breakface.
