11.16.2006

Not Groundbreaking, But Good News Nonetheless

The Iraqi Interior Ministry reports that it has issued an arrest warrant for one of the top instigators of sectarian violence, the AP reports.

The Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the head of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars.

Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, a Shiite, said Harith al-Dhari was wanted for inciting terrorism and violence among the Iraqi people. Al-Dhari [is] the top leader for the Sunni minority.

Sounds like good news to me, especially given incidents like this:
In continuing bloodshed in Baghdad, police said gunmen opened fire on customers and workers in the bakery in the religiously-mixed neighbourhood of Zayouna.

Most bakeries in the capital are run by members of Iraq's Shia majority and are frequently targeted by Sunni militants.

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