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  • Iraqi Cleric Al-Sadr Unharmed by Mortar

    03/26/2006 9:00:32 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 31 replies · 976+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/26/06 | Sinan Salaheddin - ap
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mortar round slammed to earth near Muqtada al-Sadr's home Sunday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, but the popular anti-American cleric was not hurt, an aide said. Also Sunday, the Iraqi army said it had dispatched troops to investigate a report that 30 beheaded corpses were found in a village north of Baghdad. Brig. Saman Talabani, commander of the Iraqi Army 2nd Battalion, said the bodies were reported by residents in Mullah Eid, a village near the town of Buhriz, a former Saddam Hussein stronghold about 35 miles north of Baghdad. A child and at...