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Shiite insurgent group makes Iraq debut
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| Last Edited | Penguin Jul 04, 2006 01:20pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, July 4, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BEIRUT, Lebanon - A self-styled Shiite Muslim insurgent group made its public debut in a videotape aired by a Lebanese TV station, pledging to fight U.S., British and other coalition forces but to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers.
"We have been patient enough and we have given the political process a chance," the Islamic Resistance in Iraq — Abbas Brigades said in a statement that accompanied the tape Sunday. It could not be independently authenticated.
It was the first public appearance by a Shiite group claiming a role in an insurgency that has been dominated by Sunni Arabs, who lost the power and privilege they had under Saddam's regime to the majority Shiite Arabs and minority Sunni Kurds. |
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