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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-31-07 02:27 PM
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New Shiite militia emerges in Iraq - supporters of Saddam Hussein

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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A shadowy faction of the Mahdi Army — the Free Men's Brigade — rejected al-Sadr's order, noting the young cleric had previously said that only the country's Shiite religious leadership could halt the militia's operations.

Little is known of the faction, which emerged this month in southern Iraq. Al-Sadr loyalists in Baghdad suspect its ranks include mostly Shiites who were supporters of Saddam Hussein.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-31-07 02:30 PM
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1. We'll need to print new dance cards
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