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INSIGHT-After years off-stage, Iraq's Sistani takes charge

* Sistani wields immense influence among followers in Iraq * Shi'ite clerics see insurgent onslaught as existential threat * Thousands of men have responded to Sistani's call to arms * Najaf clerics usually avoid direct role in politics ...
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