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4 Sadr aides jugged
Iraqi police forces in Najaf today captured four senior aides to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, al-Arabiya reported, citing Iraqi officials. Sheikh Ali Sumaisem and other al-Sadr aides were shown sitting in an office in a videotape broadcast by the Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based television station. Police officers and the Najaf's governor told the station the aides were captured inside the southern Iraqi city. The police didn't allow Arabiya's reporters to talk to the captured men, the station said. Iraqi Defense Minister Hazim al-Shaalan vowed yesterday to wipe out al-Sadr's militiamen, who are holed up in the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, if they didn't surrender to Iraqi forces.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-25 |
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