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US forces release Sunni leader in Iraq, apologise
TIKRIT, Iraq - US forces apologised to a senior Sunni Arab religious leader and his two sons after arresting them in a raid on the familys home they said was based on bad intelligence, an Iraqi security source said. Sheikh Jamal Abdel Karim al-Dabaan and his sons were released on Saturday, hours after their arrests, said the source, an official at the joint US-Iraqi co-ordination centre in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad.There was no immediate comment from the US military. Dabaan is a top Mufti, or religious authority, for most of Iraqs minority Sunni Muslim community. The deputy governor of Salahaddin province, a mostly Sunni region, said earlier most provincial government offices had suspended work in protest at the arrest of Dabaan and were refusing to return to work until he was freed. Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-25 |
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