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Adding to post #1695:

Islamist fighters offered amnesty
January 1, 2007

MOGADISHU — Fighters belonging to a militant Islamist movement fled into a rugged, forested corner of Somalia from rapidly advancing government forces Monday, and the prime minister offered amnesty if they surrendered.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070101.wsomal0101/BNStory/International/home

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Angry Muslims slam Iraq, US for Saddam death
02 January 2007

BAGHDAD : Muslims in their thousands, both inside and outside war-torn Iraq, lashed out on Monday at the country's Shiite leaders as well as the United States for executing Saddam Hussein during one of Islam's holiest periods.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/250178/1/.html

Timing of Saddam execution risks Arab backlash: analysts
31 December 2006

CAIRO : Images of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein being led to the gallows on one of Islam's most important feast days risk further alienating public opinion in an Arab world already bristling at perceived Western insensitivity, analysts warned.

Even the West's leading Middle East allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, publicly spoke out against the choice of the first day of the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice to put Saddam to death.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/249992/1/.html