November 16, 2006

BREAKING: Arrest warrant issued for head of influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars - Harith al-Dhari

AP BAGHDAD, Iraq –The Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the head of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars.
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, a Shiite, said Harith al-Dhari was wanted for inciting terrorism and violence among the Iraqi people. Al-Dhari the top leader for the Sunni minority.
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The call for al-Dhari's arrest came two days after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called him a hard-liner with “nothing to do but incite sectarian and ethnic sedition.”

Pajamas Media broke the story:
Arrest Warrant Issued for Hardline Iraqi Sunni Leader:

PJM Middle East editor Omar reports hot news from al-Iraqiya TV that he says is even better than the Saddam verdict…

“Finally! The interior minister Jawad al-Bolani just announced that an arrest warrant has just been issued against Harith al-Dhari, head of the association of Muslim scholars. If you’re not familiar with the name, al-Dhari and his organization are the only party that totally rejected the political process, never denounced Saddam’s regime, explicitly praised al-Qaeda and is believed to be responsible for sponsoring a great deal of the activity of terror groups and insurgents loyal to the Ba’ath regime. Al-Bolani said the decision was made according to the ‘national safety law’ and anti-terrorism legislations and described the arrest warrant as a message to all other warlords and men who incite sectarian violence…Al-Bolani acknowledged that al-Dhari is currently outside Iraq but reassured that the government has the tools to reach him and have him arrested.”

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