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Arrest of Shiite cleric pits ex-head of Iraq Hezbollah against interior ministry
Oh dear — how very dreadful.
[Rudaw] The Iraqi Ministry of Interior will take legal action against the former leader of Iraq Hezbollah after he publicly threatened to kill an interior ministry officer for arresting a Shiite holy man entering Basra from Iran.

In a video that began circulating online on Sunday, an officer in the Department of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances branch in Basra is seen searching the Shiite holy man, who is believed to be Iranian, asking what he has brought into Iraq, while others film the scene.

In the video, the officer finds 10 Kuwaiti dinars ($33) and then claims that the currency is used to buy drugs, mainly "red mercury," an apparent reference to Mercurous chloride (mercury salts). The officer then asks the holy man to remove his turban because he should only be wearing it as a sign of respect to the Prophet Mohammed.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-18
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