From the "....and maybe not... " file:
Sadr aides say cleric still in Iraq
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | February 14, 2007 | Dean Yates and Mariam Karouny
Posted on 02/14/2007 2:00:56 AM CST by HAL9000
Excerpt -
BAGHDAD, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is still in Iraq and has not left for Iran, several of his aides said on Wednesday, after American officials suggested he may have departed to avoid an offensive against militants.
The conflicting reports over the anti-American cleric's whereabouts came after Iraq said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew in Baghdad to try to curb unrelenting violence in the capital.
Four Sadr aides said he was still in Iraq, with some saying he was in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf but had reduced public appearances for "security reasons". They did not elaborate.
"He is now in Iraq," Nassar al-Rubaei, head of the Sadrist bloc in Iraq's parliament, said without giving further details.
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From the "Any and all assistance gratefully accepted" file:
To: HAL9000
Agence France-Press -
French police arrest 11 terror suspects
French police have arrested 11 terror suspects in the Paris and southern Toulouse regions, nine of whom are suspected of having ties to Al-Qaeda, the interior ministry said Wednesday.
The first arrests took place at Orly airport in Paris on Tuesday when two men were detained on their return from abroad, said a ministry statement. Nine others were subsequently arrested.
A source close to the case earlier said the 11 are suspected of being part of a network supporting insurgents in Iraq.
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What is this...a "where's Waldo" kind of thing.
Morning, Uncle.