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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Ilaine who wrote (91831)4/10/2003 12:23:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Power struggle among Shi'a clerics: >>Shiite Leaders Plan Resurgence<<

Might have been "solved", and NOT in a manner the US would favor, if ArabNews can be believed:

arabnews.com

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BREAKING NEWS

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: from Arab News War Correspondent in Najaf, Iraq; filed 2 pm GMT; April 10: Former Iraqi general Nizar Al-Khazaraji and Islamic scholar Majid Al-Khoi’i have both been executed by Iraqi residents of Najaf, according to five independent Iraqi witnesses to the incident who spoke to Arab News, the only foreign publication with a correspondent in the city today. The two potential Iraqi leaders of the city, who were supported by the US, “were afterwards chopped into pieces with swords and knives inside the Ali Mosque this morning by Iraqis who accused them of being American stooges,” one of the witnesses said. Another said that a US Special Force Soldier, who had been acting as their body guard, was also killed in the incident.

And some background info:

thenetanywhere.com
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