Al-Sadr aide released

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Pay no attention to the man behind the screen ...

A senior aide to Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has been released from US detention.

Shaikh Mahmud Sudani said on Thursday he had received a telephone call from Muayad al-Khazraji, a religious judge who was believed to have been held at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.

"He was released this morning," Sudani said.

Al-Khazraji was detained nearly a year ago along with seven other clerics close to al-Sadr, including Sudani, who were charged with engaging in anti-US activities.

al Jazeera

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1. I thought we didn't negotiate with "terrorists" or "insurgents?"

What is going on here?

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2. Why do you hate America?

Just kidding ladybugg33. Welcome to DU.

Don

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3. Let's say this is not an indication that we are getting our way in Iraq.

(Where "we" means the occupation forces.)

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4. Go Poland! oh...

Maybe not so much any more.

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5. Poland to find 'World sex champion'

Go Poland, Go, indeed ...

THE organisers of a Polish erotic fair vowed to defy a ban by the Warsaw mayor and go ahead in staging a contest for the woman who can have sex with as many men as possible.

The four-day "Eroticon" festival, which opened in the Polish capital, plans to organise a "test" for women, dubbed the "world sex championships," despite an order from city hall banning the competition.

"The contest will take place," said Krzysztof Garwatowski, a spokesman for the event's organisers, who appear to be counting on the publicity stunt to draw in the crowds.

"Last year, the fair attracted more than 11,000 visitors. With all this publicity the mayor has generated for us, we hope to do even better this year," Garwatowski told AFP.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11009792%255E13762,00.html