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Iraq
2 Shia special groupie leaders surrender
2008-06-07
BAGHDAD - The US military says two Shia militia leaders have surrendered during American raids on their homes south of Baghdad. A statement from the military says one of the men is suspected of ordering attacks on US troops, directing the kidnapping of Iraqis and smuggling Iranian weapons and Katyusha rockets into Iraq.

It says the other suspect tried to flee by wading through an irrigation canal, before surrendering Friday. The statement says the men are members of ‘special groups’ _ language the US uses to describe Shia fighters defying a cease-fire order by anti-American cleric Muqtada Al Sadr.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  In the Muddled East, it means someone with a religious disability
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ummm.... that.
Posted by: George Smiley   2008-06-07 18:24  

#2  No help needed, Richard. Just remember that "special" people here in the US mean people with physical or mental disabilities. In the Muddled East, it means someone with a religious disability - too much of the "wrong" kind.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-06-07 15:35  

#1  I can't help it. The use of the words "special" to designate people with a variety of disabilities by PC folks here in the US gives me a peculiar vision of these "special groups" folks in Iraq. Please help me! I've been brainwashed.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2008-06-07 10:25  

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