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To: TigerPaw who wrote (11796)4/10/2003 3:14:52 PM
From: Thomas M.  Respond to of 21614
 
Our favored Shiite cleric has already been killed. Not a good sign for the rest of our stooges.

story.news.yahoo.com

LONDON (AFP) - Pro-Western Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul Majid al-Khoei was assassinated in the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq . . .

. . . There had been speculation that al-Khoei, who repeatedly called for Shiite cooperation with the United States, had gone back to Najaf with help from US forces, and that his return signalled a US attempt to promote a "pro-American" current as Saddam Hussein's regime collapsed . . .