Word: imams
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...Imam Samudra Alleged operational chief of the Bali attacks Trial Status: Nearing conclusion, with a verdict possible within weeks Most dramatic moment: Samudra's screaming outburst against "infidels" and "crusaders" when confronted by relatives of Bali victims...
...After water was sprinkled over the three graves and the imam led prayers, the throng of men started chanting for the fallen dictator. "Our blood, our souls for you Saddam," they shouted thrusting their hands in the air. One man in a blue polo shirt got angry, shouting, "We will kill all Americans in Tikrit...
...convenes a morning meeting inside the dusty, sprawling Baghdad palace that serves as his office and home. As is usually the case, Bremer has a crisis on his hands. An explosion at a mosque in the city of Fallujah last week killed 10 Iraqis, including the mosque's imam. U.S. soldiers who surveyed the scene say the blast was probably caused by explosives stored inside the building, but locals in Fallujah, a hotbed of anti-American militancy, are accusing the U.S. of bombing the mosque by helicopter or plane. "I'd like to get a third party in there...
...back any looted items for $3 each. They recovered about half of the 256 stolen yellow cake barrels. A local Shiite cleric persuaded his parishioners to hand over more looted items, some possibly radioactive. These are piled haphazardly in the courtyard of a disused school, but the imam, who does not recognize the authority of the U.S., refuses to hand them over without the permission of his superiors...
...police hustled Imam Samudra from a prosecutor's office in Bali to a waiting armored vehicle last Wednesday, after evidence was presented relating to his alleged role in the Oct. 12 bombings that left 202 people dead, he showed no remorse. Instead, he raised his manacled hands in defiance and shouted, "Allahu Akbar (God is great)." Then came a chilling warning: "After Riyadh," he vowed, "there will be more." It may have been the angry bravado of a man who knows he may soon face the death penalty, but Samudra?accused of being the operational commander of the Bali bombings...