Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 22 September 2006
Body:
BAGHDAD, Iraq_Some 500 people demonstrated in Saddam Hussein's hometown of
Tikrit on Friday, demanding the return of the former dictator to power,
organizers said.
The people gathered in front of the al-Jamaa al-Kabir mosque ahead of Friday
prayers at the call of two religious organizations, the Association of
Muslim Scholars and the Tikrit Shura Council.
Saddam is currently on trial on genocide charges in Baghdad. The crowd
demanded his release, and for him to be allowed to resume power again as
president, said Mohammed Talib Jassim, head of the Tikrit Shura Council.
They also condemned Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks on Islam and
violence, called on U.S. and Iraqi army raids to stop, and demanded the
release of prisoners taken from Tikrit by coalition forces.
Byline: n/a
Date: 22 September 2006
Body:
BAGHDAD, Iraq_Some 500 people demonstrated in Saddam Hussein's hometown of
Tikrit on Friday, demanding the return of the former dictator to power,
organizers said.
The people gathered in front of the al-Jamaa al-Kabir mosque ahead of Friday
prayers at the call of two religious organizations, the Association of
Muslim Scholars and the Tikrit Shura Council.
Saddam is currently on trial on genocide charges in Baghdad. The crowd
demanded his release, and for him to be allowed to resume power again as
president, said Mohammed Talib Jassim, head of the Tikrit Shura Council.
They also condemned Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks on Islam and
violence, called on U.S. and Iraqi army raids to stop, and demanded the
release of prisoners taken from Tikrit by coalition forces.