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Iraq
Cleric sways Shiites on nominee
By wire services
Published February 27, 2005
BAGHDAD - Shiite political dissenters who threatened to withdraw their support from the United Iraqi Alliance's choice for prime minister rallied around Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Saturday after his endorsement by Iraq's most influential cleric.
The Shiite Political Council decided to back Jaafari after Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani "gave his blessings" Friday, said the council's political coordinator.
Iraqi TV anchor's body found by her family
BAGHDAD - The family of a TV anchor for a U.S.-funded state station found her body Saturday in Mosul, Iraq.
The body of Raiedah Mohammed Wageh Wazan, a 35-year-old mother of four children and news presenter for Nineveh TV, was found six days after she was kidnapped by masked gunmen, according to her husband, who said she had been shot four times in the head.
It was unclear what prompted the kidnapping.
Father and son accused of 1982 massacre
BAGHDAD - U.S. forces have arrested an Iraqi father and son accused of participating in a 1982 massacre after an assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein.
The Boston Globe reported that unnamed senior U.S. officials said Abdulla Rwayid and Muzhir Abdulla Rwayid were arrested Monday and charged with crimes against humanity for their alleged role in the killing of up to 400 people associated with the Dawa party, a Shiite group that tried to kill Hussein.
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