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| Saudi ministry denies arrest of Al Sadr aide |
| 2007-01-11 |
| Saudi Arabia denied the arrest of an aide to Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Al Sadr in Madinah. Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour Al Turki told reporters yesterday Hassan Al Zurkani of Al Sadr's office was not arrested but was called to Madinah to discuss with him safety measures during his visit to Al Hujra Al Shareefa (the room where the Prophet Mohammad [PBUH] is buried). Al Zurkani immediately left, Al Turki said, adding that the Al Sadr aide understood the reasons for the discussion and its relationship to the public interest of visitors to the Prophet's Mosque. News agencies alleged on Tuesday that Al Zurkani was arrested in Madinah. Some agencies even predicted that the Al Sadr official was caught distributing sectarian leaflets and books while others said that he has been involved in provocative actions to undermine the security of Saudi Arabia. Al Zurkani is a close aide to Moqtada Al Sadr and he represented the group in a number of conferences outside Iraq. He was among the first, in the aftermath of the US occupation of Iraq, to say security of religious centres and mosques is to be assigned to the Mehdi Army. Regarding the return of Iraqi pilgrims from the Haj, an official at the Iraqi Accord Front appealed to King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and King Abdullah II of Jordan to allow the pilgrims to return to Iraq across the border post with Jordan or to come to Baghdad by air to avoid arrest by Iraqi forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 nope Iran is .. He's just the paper boy |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-01-11 08:33 |
| #1 Tater's expanding his sphere of bad influence, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-11 07:02 |