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Note: Photos included. SNIPPET: "Shin Bet arrests eight men from northern city of Nazareth, local council of Yafa an-Naseriyye over weapons offences, discussing possibility of murdering soldiers, Pope Benedict XVI" SNIPPET: "The eight indicted men were identified as Bader Salah, 33, of Yafa an-Naseriyye; Suhil Salah, 26, of Yafa an-Naseriyye; Misara Yaad, 28, of Yafa an-Naseriyye; Abdel Rahman Abu Salim, 19, of Nazareth; Ibrahim Muhammad Abu Aaqab, 27, of Nazareth; Bilal Ubeid, 29, of Yafa an-Naseriyye; and Sabri Narni, 29 of Yafa an-Naseriyye. The ninth defendant, who was a minor when he committed the alleged acts. was not named due...

Who benefits from Muqtada al-Sadr's anti-American stand? Najaf, Iraq Press, August 3, 2003 – Iraqi Shiite clerics are supposed to be most thankful among Iraqis for help to get rid of their tormentor – the deposed leader Saddam Hussein. And many thought that in the forefront of those expressing their gratitude will be Muqtada al-Sadr. In 1999, Saddam Hussein brutally assassinated his father, one of Iraq's most revered Shiite holy men and two of his sons. The younger Sadr survived because he happened to be away when Saddam's death squads riddled his father and two brothers with bullets. The senior...