Saturday, June 24, 2006
News RhetIraq: Sunni Religious Leader Captured/Released
Source: Associated Press via MyWay
Quotes: From article titled, "Sunnis Complain Religious Leader Detained"
Sunni groups complained Saturday that one of their top religious leaders was detained by American troops in Tikrit for several hours, while the U.S. military said three soldiers from the same division were killed in separate incidents.
The influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars said Jamal al-Din Abdul Karim al-Dabban and his three sons were taken into custody at about 5 a.m. in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. The Iraqi Islamic party, the country's largest Sunni political group, also condemned the arrest.
The cleric, who is a mufti - or religious authority - for Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, and his sons were released about seven hours later after protests, Tikrit Gov. Hamad Humoud al-Qaisi said.
The U.S. military said it was investigating the incident.
Quotes: From article titled, "Sunnis Complain Religious Leader Detained"
Sunni groups complained Saturday that one of their top religious leaders was detained by American troops in Tikrit for several hours, while the U.S. military said three soldiers from the same division were killed in separate incidents.
The influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars said Jamal al-Din Abdul Karim al-Dabban and his three sons were taken into custody at about 5 a.m. in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. The Iraqi Islamic party, the country's largest Sunni political group, also condemned the arrest.
The cleric, who is a mufti - or religious authority - for Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, and his sons were released about seven hours later after protests, Tikrit Gov. Hamad Humoud al-Qaisi said.
The U.S. military said it was investigating the incident.
