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The Board of Muslim 'Ulama' [Scholars] confirmed on Thursday that US occupation forces had arrested one of its members when they raided his house in Baghdad Wednesday-Thursday night. Shaykh 'Umar Raghib Zaydan told Reuters that US forces attacked the house of Shaykh Ahmad al-Jabburi during the night. They searched the home, and when they found nothing, they arrested al-Jabburi.
Zaydan added that al-Jabburi is a professor at the Islamic University and an imam of the mosque north of Baghdad. Zaydan added that the Americans have more than 50 members of the Board of Muslim 'Ulama' in custody.
Zaydan said that these arrests are part of a US effort to pressure the Board to change its position on the election that Washington has slated to take place in Iraq on 30 January. The Board of Muslim 'Ulama' opposes elections under occupation. Zaydan said that the Board would not be changing its stand on the elections.
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