Iraqi president slams US over prominent Shiite's arrest

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's president has added his voice to those of thousands of street protesters on Saturday in denouncing US forces after they arrested the son of one of the country's top Shiite leaders.

President Jalal Talabani demanded "guarantees that such abuses will not be repeated" after the US military confirmed it had briefly held Ammar al-Hakim, the son of powerful Shiite politician Abdel Aziz-Hakim.

The political storm over the treatment of Hakim junior broke as his father's Baghdad house was targeted by a suicide bomber, who detonated his deadly load of explosives nearby after coming under fire from police.

"President Talabani expressed deep regret and sorrow over what happened to the well known national personality Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim," Talabani's office said in a statement, using the honorific for a descendant of the Prophet.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070224/ts_afp/iraq_070224164316

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BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb killed one person and wounded four in Jadriya, in southern Baghdad, a police source said. The bomb exploded at a traffic circle near the homes of Iraq's president Jalal Talabani and leading Shi'ite politician Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim.

link: http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR441778.htm

[Benhurst]

1. President Jalal Talabani had better stop acting so uppity and

flying in small planes.

[maddezmom]

2. check out the subject header for the email

The email statement was sent under the headline "Talabani calls for disciplining those who arrested Mr. Hakim".

http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR461015.htm

[rodeodance]

3. We are Dammed if we Do and Don't when we Don't! I tire of their squabling

while our troops die and their civilians are dying! People who live in the Green zone should shut up.

[Benhurst]

5. Exactly why George W. Bush's illegal and immoral invansion and

occupation should never have taken place.

Bring all the troops home NOW!

[rodeodance]

4. Iraq president chides US over "uncivil" detention

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR461015.htm

Iraq president chides US over "uncivil" detention
24 Feb 2007 17:06:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Iraq's president said on Saturday U.S. soldiers responsible for briefly detaining the son of Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders, should be disciplined.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said within hours h