Al-Sadr officials targeted

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Same old, same old. Looks like the al Sadr
situation might be about to heat up again. Several
stories out there.

US forces and the Iraqi National Guard have
raided the homes of a number of officials
affiliated to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in
Baghdad.

Spokesman for al-Sadr's office in Kadhimiya, Shaikh Salah
al-Ubaidi, told Aljazeera the troops detained Hazim al-Araji,
who heads the office. They raided al-Araji's home in the early
hours of Sunday and detained him and his brother.

The troops also raided the home of a neighbour of Shaikh Raid
al-Kadhimi, who is al-Sadr's official representative at Friday
sermons in the city.

They raided the home mistakenly, believing it was
al-Khadimi's, the spokesman said, adding that the raids
were "violent".

al jazeera