[Valin]

Khoei was hacked to death at a Najaf mosque in April 2003 by a mob which also killed one of his aides. Senior clerics at the time blamed the killings on a group linked to Sadr. Sadr's group denied the charge.

Now I remember this. Good news.


Ragtime Cowgirl, here's some good news.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks, Valin!

Support Free Republic, using belly girl as fundraiser, lol.

I might suggest that he (I'm assuming) add the favorite of some female Freepers on the OIF threads...

...."Ceegar man."

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BAGHDAD - A prominent Shi'ite, whose arrest by U.S.-led coalition forces stoked violent protests across Iraq (news - web sites), is in Iraqi custody and will be tried for complicity in the murder of a top cleric last year.

Interior Ministry officials said Monday that an Iraqi judge had issued a warrant for the arrest of Mustapha Yacoubi, an aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, last autumn.

"Yacoubi is in Iraqi police custody charged with complicity in the murder of Ayatollah Abdul Majid al-Khoei, one of Iraq's leading advocates for human rights," said Deputy Chief Constable Douglas Brand, the British adviser to the interior ministry.

"He awaits trial in an Iraqi court."

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Justice, ping!