Five Sadrists detained in Iraq militia crackdown

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

AMARA, Iraq (AFP) — Five aides of Iraq's hardline Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr were detained overnight in a crackdown on militiamen in the southern oil region of Maysan, sparking fresh tension Friday between Baghdad and supporters of the cleric.

"Five officials from the provincial council who represent the Sadr movement have been arrested for aiding the militia," Maysan police spokesman Mehdi al-Asadi told AFP.

He said four policemen were also arrested in the operation which was launched on Thursday in Maysan and its capital of Amara.

Officials had on Thursday announced that the mayor of Amara, Rafa Abdul Jabbar, also a member of the Sadr movement, and 16 wanted suspects were arrested in the first hours of Operation Basha'ar al-Salam (Promise of Peace)....

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