Replies to post #242058 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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The Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said the raid on Sunday in date-palm orchards on the city's outskirts was aimed against a group called the Jund al-Samaa, or Soldiers of Heaven, which appeared to have had links to
Saddam Hussein loyalists and foreign fighters. Officials said the cult was hoping to force the return of the "hidden imam," a 9th-century Shiite saint who Shiites believe will come again to bring peace and justice to the world. (well they must have been some crazys)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Apq7rwGOqm39PX2bst7GHHhn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDM....