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Iraq
Four arrested over Najaf bombing
2003-08-30
Four men have been arrested in connection with Friday’s car bomb blast in Najaf which killed at least 95 people. The local governor said two of the suspects were members of the former regime from Basra, while the others were non-Iraqi Arabs subscribing to the puritannical Wahhabi Muslim faith.
This sounds about right. Moqtada might be a very bad boy, but I didn’t think he would be reckless enough to have a car bomb detonated so close to the Imam Ali mosque as to damage it, it sounds more like the work of people who think of Shias as "heretics"
The four men are said to have confessed to the bombing and to other plots intended to destabilise the country.

FOLLOWUP, from Sky News...
Four people have been arrested after a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in Iraq, with the death toll now standing at 107.
That's a little over half the toll from the Bali bombings...
A senior official in the central city of Najaf said the four all have ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network. There was confusion over the nationalities of the four. One report said two were Iraqis and the other two were Saudis, while another said all four were non-Iraqi Arabs.
All four Soddies?
Three other suspects in the bombing were said to be on the run from police.
Back to Soddy Arabia? Stop by and say hello to Adel when you get home, boyz...
Posted by:Paul Moloney

#5  It's up to 19, now where have we heard that number before? And from where?
All of the 19 men arrested in the car bombing that killed scores of people at the Imam Ali shrine have admitted links to Usama bin Laden's terror network, according to a senior Iraqi investigator. Two Iraqis and two Saudis grabbed shortly after the Friday blast gave information leading to the arrest of the other suspects, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The others include two Kuwaitis, six Palestinians with Jordanian passports, Iraqis and Saudis, according to the official. "Initial information shows they (the foreigners) entered the country from Kuwait, Syria and Jordan," the official said. U.S. officials have not confirmed any details of the arrests. They also have not taken an active role in the investigation because of Iraqi sensitivity to any American presence at the Najaf shrine, the most-sacred Shiite shrine in Iraq and the third holiest in the world after Mecca and Medina. The Iraqi official said that all of those arrested belong to the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam. “They are all connected to Al Qaeda,” said the official. The investigation was being handled entirely by Iraqi police in Najaf, but the FBI would assist if asked, coalition spokesman Charles Heatley told reporters. "It's clearly in our interests that those responsible be brought to justice," he said.
Posted by: Steve   2003-8-30 7:07:41 PM  

#4  I think the second mission for our new Iraqi Legion (after we clear up Iraq) would be to assist Saudi Arabi in removing those pesky radical elements that they can't seem to get a handle on. Of course, it might take a while and it would be a shame that so many of the royal family got caught in the crossfire.
Posted by: Steve   2003-8-30 3:32:29 PM  

#3  CNN sez Iraqis have arrested two Pakistanis.
Posted by: Pete Stanley   2003-8-30 2:03:46 PM  

#2  Wahhabis - Pacifist sect from the religion of peace.
Posted by: rg117   2003-8-30 1:10:08 PM  

#1  That wraps it up in a nice, tight ball.
The Baathists and Wahhabis are in bed together.
Something for everyone to hate.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-8-30 9:29:29 AM  

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