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Iraqi cleric freed after U.S. raid
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| News Date | Monday, June 26, 2006 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. forces released a revered 70-year-old Sunni cleric on Saturday hours after detaining him, Iraqi officials said.
Crowds earlier gathered to denounce the early morning raid on the Tikrit home of Sheik Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban. The raid was described as "outrageous" by a key political party.
U.S. forces told Iraqi authorities that bad intelligence led to the raid and detention of al-Dabban and two of his sons, officials from Salaheddin province said.
The officials said that the U.S. military apologized to al-Dabban and to the provincial governor and the head of the provincial council.
Earlier, the largest and most powerful Sunni Arab political party issued a statement denouncing the raid in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
"The foolishness of U.S. troops has reached its limit," the Iraqi Islamic Party said. "These outrageous violations are only going to worsen the security situation in the country." |
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