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lennart
05-08-03, 11:53
'US army arrests Kurdistan spiritual guide'

Jordan Times, Monday, August 4, 2003

ERBIL, Iraq (AFP) — US forces have arrested the spiritual head of a Kurdish Islamist group, Ali Abdul Aziz, and 14 other people in the northern town of Halabja, an official of the group said Sunday. "Some 2,000 US soldiers, supported by two helicopters, laid siege to Abdul Aziz's house in Halabja at 5:30pm (1330 GMT) on Saturday before taking him and 14 other people away," the official said from the Iraqi Kurdish town of Erbil.

Mullah Omar, brother of Abdul Aziz, and bodyguards of the spiritual leader were among those arrested, he said, adding that the group was taken to an "unknown destination."

"The group is surprised that the Americans can arrest its spiritual guide who has long since declared war on the Baath Party and the former regime in Iraq," the official said, accusing US forces of now attacking "supporters of freedom and enemies of Saddam Hussein's regime."

While the official gave no reason for the arrests, sources close to the group said that US forces had asked the movement to vacate its Arbil office to the coalition, without elaborating.

The Islamist group said last month that its chief, Ali Baper, "emir" of Al Jamaa Al Islamiya, was arrested along with three aides and a number of bodyguards on July 10 en route to a meeting with an American officer in Iraqi Kurdistan.

http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/August/4n/US%20army%20arrests%20Kurdistan%20spiritual%20guid e.htm

Het lijkt wel alsof de VS een oorlog wil met het Islam. Mja, what else is new.