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...police struggle to preserve order in Iraq, some Islamic groups like al-Sadr's religious militia, Jaish al-Mahdi, are declaring themselves guardians of peace and justice. Many groups keep private armies, but al-Sadr's men also maintain courts and prisons in eight southern Iraqi cities and Baghdad. Religious militia have shut down liquor stores in Basra and Baghdad and even killed some of their owners. In Najaf, CD sellers accused of peddling pornography have had their shops bombed. The court's claim of religious sanction is particularly potent in Najaf, where portraits of religious leaders have replaced statues...
...from the papers led U.S. forces last week to an alleged ring of Islamic terrorists operating out of the Sunni mosque Ibn Taimiya in Baghdad. The raid netted at least 32 suspected militants, including 26 who were wanted by the coalition. U.S. forces also detained the mosque's imam, Mahdi al-Sumaydah, who is believed to be a prominent resistance leader. "This was a major operations center for attacks against Iraqis and the coalition," says a well-informed Iraqi source. "We've been working on this for three weeks, with surveillance from the inside...
...where Najim was rushed when he was shot, exemplifies how things are moving forward. In early April, during the final days of heavy combat, the facility was almost emptied by looters. "They took beds, air-conditioners, linen, food, ultrasound machines, computers--anything they could carry out," says hospital director Mahdi Jasim Moosa. Since then, the hospital has been refurnished. Some equipment was returned by looters under pressure from neighbors and imams. New fittings have been bought with funds raised in a local mosque and donations from welfare organizations like the Red Cross and CARE. The number of shooting and stabbing...
...hidden. Kamel had actually testified that Iraq had destroyed its chemical and biological weapons after the Gulf War, but that blueprints, computer files and molds for missile parts had been hidden. This echoes the case of the uranium centrifuge handed over to U.S. inspectors in June by Iraqi scientist Mahdi Obeidi, who had followed orders to keep it buried in his rose garden - since...
...from the youth of the slums that al-Sadr is recruiting his private army, the Jaish-e-Mahdi, named after a historical Shi'ite leader who disappeared in the 9th century and will, the devout believe, return one day to restore justice to the world. Although he has said his soldiers will be "armed with faith" only, al-Sadr supporters say he is recruiting special regiments made up entirely of former military men, who are being issued weapons and ammunition. Al-Sadr sacked his chief representative in Sadr City, insiders say, because the man was thought to be too religious...