http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.3608275 70&par=0> &loid=8.0.360827570&par=0 IRAQ: CONFUSION ON 'ARREST WARRANT' FOR TOP SUNNI LEADER <javascript:aumenta();> <javascript:diminuisci();> Baghdad, 17 Nov. (AKI) - Iraqi officials on Friday made conflicting statements on an arrest warrant for the top leader of the country's Sunni minority, a move destined to exacerbate raging sectarian violence. Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, a Shiite, announced on state television that Harith al-Dhari was wanted for inciting terrorism and violence. But Iraq's deputy prime minister Burhan Saleh, told satellite channel al-Arabiya that no such order exisited. Speaking to Adnkronos Intenational (AKI), the chief government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh also said no arrest warrant had been issued but that al-Dhari had been given "notice" he is being probed. Al-Dhari, the hardline head of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars, recently mocked a government offer of reconciliation in return for ending the insurgency. Friday's muddled reports on the arrest warrant come amid growing disaffection among moderate Sunnis who have been threatening for weeks to leave the government and take up arms. It also comes two days after at least 49 Iraqis died violently and the US military announced the deaths of four more American soldiers. Al-Dari speaking to satellite television al-Jazeera from Amman, Jordan where he was visiting, said news of the arrest warrant came as no surprise. "I've been waiting for the arrest warrant for more than a year. It's an illegal measure that goes against the interests of the country. Such move do nothing but further distance the government from the people." Al-Dari who said he planned to return to Iraq added he supported the "legitimate resistance operations such as those carried out by militants against the troops of occupation but I distance myself from those who kill Iraqis." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
