US forces raid Najaf target al Sadr advisers
US forces raided the Najaf headquarters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr arresting his top advisers Ahmed al Sheybani and Hossam al Husseini as helicopters and police sealed the area. Dozens of rifles were seized and the action sparked strong condemnation from Grand Ayatollah Ali al Husseini al Sistani.
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Sheik Ahmed al-Sheybani
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Turkish firm halts Iraq operations amid kidnappings
Ankara based VINSAN construction says it will freeze work in Iraq to protect ten kidnapped employees. Ali Haydar Veziroglu confirms no ties to U.S. firms and notes the workers are innocent and supporting families while a related driver Besir is reported dead near Mosul. Tahsin Top, another Turkish hostage, was released amid withdrawal of his employer Ata han Lojistik International from Iraq.
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Iraq faces looming civil war risk say Iraqi leaders
In Baghdad and across Iraq, Sunni and Shiite clerics are killed and churches bombed as police and paramilitary forces suffer mass casualties. Prime Minister Allawi rejects civil war, while Kurdish leaders warn of possible Iraqi civil war if violence deepens, with secessionist and sectarian tensions rising amid U.S. withdrawal fears.
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