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Article: U.S. forces arrest mayor of southern Iraqi town on corruption, kidnapping charges
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- July 1, 2003
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Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq
American troops moved in force to arrest the U.S.-appointed mayor
of this southern Iraqi town, removing him on kidnapping and corruption
charges and detaining 62 of his aides _ a step likely to please Najaf'
s Shiite residents.
The arrest Monday came on the second day of a U.S.-led sweep across
central Iraq aimed at capturing Saddam Hussein loyalists and curbing
a wave of attacks on U.S. and British soldiers.
Southern Iraq, dominated by Shiite Muslims who largely hated Saddam,
has seen less violence in recent weeks _ though many Shiites have
rankled at U.S. domination. One of the country's top Shiite clerics
issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, ...