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| Iraq |
| Townspeople at Hedaitha protest arrest of a mosque's Imam -- MNF |
| 2006-10-25 |
| (KUNA) -- Locals at the town of Hedaitha in Western Iraq held a rally to protest the arrest of a mosque's Imam who was detained Monday by Iraqi forces under the suspicion of participating in a terrorist act, said a statement by the Multi-National Forces on Tuesday. The MNF statement indicated that an Iraqi army unit was patrolling an area nearby a mosque in Hedaitha yesterday when it received gunfire from the direction of the mosque. This prompted the unit's soldiers to enter the mosque and arrest three suspects amongst them was the Imam, pointed out the statement as it noted that assault weapons and raw materials to manufacture explosives were confiscated during the arrest. About 70 townspeople gathered in front of an Iraqi military camp to protest the arrest. Meanwhile, American troops said that they killed six insurgents and injured four others during operations in the Anbar province in western Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "But he's so, uh, holy!" "Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say." "No, really - he's our only "Good." "But we protest!" "And we understand. Line up - over by that wall." |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-25 05:10 |