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Falluja Cleric Denounces US Civilians' Mutilation
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Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
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News Date | Friday, April 2, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Falluja Cleric Denounces US Civilians' Mutilation
Reuters
A cleric in Falluja Friday denounced the mutilation of four U.S. security contractors killed in an ambush, and residents said American forces vowing a response should remember only a few people were responsible.
The four Americans were killed in the town west of Baghdad Wednesday. A jubilant crowd then burned and kicked the bodies, dragging them through the streets. The U.S. Army promised an "overwhelming" response, saying Marines in charge of the area would pacify the town -- a hotbed of occupation resistance -- and hunt down those responsible.
On Friday, in one of Falluja's Sunni mosques, Sheikh Hamid Saleh denounced the mutilation, although he did not explicitly condemn the killing of the Americans. "We denounce the mutilation of the American corpses. Islam prohibits that," Saleh said. "This is childish behavior committed by ignorants who don't know the meaning of life and death. This is a grave mistake that destroys the reputation of Islam and Muslims." |
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