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Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein

Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein

2025-01-31 22:20:49 - From: The Independent


Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition