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Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Troops on Friday shot dead five people in Falluja, in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar. Continue reading
Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading
Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading
Pakistan Shi’ites to bury bomb victims after meeting PM
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Shi'ite Muslims agreed on Monday to begin burying nearly 100 of their people killed three days ago in one of Pakistan's deadliest sectarian attacks after the prime minister said he would comply with their demands to sack the local government. Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf met leaders of the Shi'ite Hazara community in a mosque near the site of Thursday's twin bombings in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, and told them he would dismiss the province's chief minister and cabinet. … Continue reading
Fugitive Saddam deputy lends support to Iraq Sunni protests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The most senior member of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's entourage still at large has urged Sunni Muslim anti-government protesters to stand their ground until the Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, is toppled. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri heads Saddam's now-banned Baath party, whose leaders fled or went underground after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that overthrew the Sunni strongman and empowered the Shi'ite majority. Continue reading
Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has warned he will not tolerate Sunni anti-government rallies indefinitely, but made a concession to their demands by promising to free some women prisoners. Thousands of Sunnis have been taking to the streets of Iraq for more than a week in protest against Maliki, whom they accuse of discriminating against their sect and being under the sway of their non-Arab Shi'ite neighbor Iran Continue reading
Bahrain policemen jailed for beating opposition member to death
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two Bahraini policemen were sentenced to jail for seven years each on Sunday for beating to death a Shi’ite opposition activist in custody during last year’s crackdown on protesters. The sentences, reported by state news agency BNA, were criticized as too lenient by critics and may do little to blunt international criticism of human rights abuses since Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim rulers quelled a Shi’ite-led uprising last year. Continue reading
Bahrain policemen jailed for beating opposition member to death
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two Bahraini policemen were sentenced to jail for seven years each on Sunday for beating to death a Shi’ite opposition activist in custody during last year’s crackdown on protesters. The sentences, reported by state news agency BNA, were criticized as too lenient by critics and may do little to blunt international criticism of human rights abuses since Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim rulers quelled a Shi’ite-led uprising last year. Continue reading
Iraqi minister accuses Shi’ite prime minister of crackdown
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Sunni Muslim finance minister on Thursday accused the Shi’ite prime minister of targeting his bodyguards and staff, threatening to rekindle a political crisis a year after American troops left. The incident came just hours after President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who often mediated among the country’s fractious Sunni, Shi’ite and Kurdish blocks, left for Germany after suffering a stroke that may remove him from politics. … Continue reading
Bahrain uses teargas to disperse Shi’ites: witnesses
MANAMA (Reuters) – Police in Bahrain fired teargas and blocked roads on Friday to stop thousands of Shi'ite Muslims joining prayers led by one of their spiritual leaders, witnesses said, amid deepening tensions in the Gulf Arab kingdom and U.S. ally. The island country hosts the U.S Continue reading
