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Fri Nov-19-04 11:15 PM
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Senior Sadr aide arrested in Iraq

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1247125.htm

Iraqi police have arrested a senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr in the southern city of Najaf.

"Sheikh Hashem Abu Raghif was arrested at his home Wednesday night after detainees were forced to confess that he had ordered torture against prisoners detained by the Sadr movement," Sheikh Ali Smeism said.

Before it was ousted from Najaf after an August offensive led by the US army, the Sadr movement had established its own tribunals and jails in the holy city.

Meanwhile Iraqi police and national guards have detained more than 100 suspected militants in raids around Haifa Street, a rebellious Sunni Muslim stronghold in Baghdad.

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:48 PM
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1. Yeah piss of the Shiites some more, lose control of the rest of Iraq.

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