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	Islamic Clerics Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Islamic Clerics Committee is one of several grassroots leadership groups to rise out of the ashes of post-war Iraq.
		Representing the Sunni minority in the country, the group has used their considerable leverage to secure the release of more than 20 hostages in the early months of 2004.
		The ICC has been heavily critical of the United States' siege of Fallujah, particularly in light of the reportedly enormous death toll it has taken on the city's residents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_Clerics_Committee (156 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Crisis of violence produces new brand of Iraqi leaders \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		The Sunni clerics have used their leverage to win the release of some 20 foreign hostages snatched in a wave of abductions that accompanied this month's violence.
		Images of the smiling clerics embracing freed hostages have been beamed daily by Arab satellite TV stations widely seen in Iraq, and the releases have won thanks from foreign embassies.
		The committee says it has no contacts with the abductors, arguing that its "patriotic" anti-occupation stance persuades kidnappers to heed their appeal for the release of captives not directly involved in military operations.
	deseretnews.com /dn/print/1,1442,595057073,00.html (939 words)

	FIN24 : Empowering Financial Decisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 60-minute recording, which was first posted on Islamic Web sites Tuesday, claimed that there had been attempts - including the payment of money - to save Berg's life, but the speaker did not identify who was behind the rescue bids.
		The speaker slammed Islamic clerics, in particular top Iraqi Sunni cleric Harith al-Dari, for criticising Berg's killing rather than supporting "Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories and Indonesia" and "stopping the rape of our Muslim sisters in Abu Ghraib prison".
		Al-Dari, who heads Islamic Clerics Committee, the highest Sunni organisation in, has been involved in past efforts to secure the release of foreign hostages in Iraq.
	www.fin24.co.za /articles/email_article.asp?articleid=2-10-1460_1554014 (441 words)

	U.S.: Four bodies found in Iraq - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		By Monday, the insurgents had released 12 hostages of different nationalities in response to pleas by the Islamic Clerics Committee, which represents Sunni Muslim clerics.
		A Chinese businessman in Baghdad told reporters that all seven were first released to the Islamic Clerics Committee before being given to the embassy for a return trip home.
		Media reports earlier suggested an Iranian opposition group, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Resistance of Iran, was helping U.S. officials negotiate with the insurgents in Fallujah.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20040413-065108-2339r.htm (775 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		First word of the captives' release came from Arabic TV broadcaster Al-Jazeera, which reported the three had been taken to the offices of the Islamic Clerics Committee, a Sunni Muslim group that had worked for their freedom.
		Al-Jazeera reported that the kidnappers - a previously unknown group calling itself the "Mujahedeen Brigades" - had notified the Islamic Clerics Committee earlier Thursday that they would free the three Japanese at a mosque in the Iraqi capital.
		In Tokyo, television cameras showed the freed hostages' families dancing, hugging and crying with joy at news of the release.
	www.katu.com /printstory.asp?ID=66365 (398 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		CAIRO, Egypt - Two Japanese hostages in Iraq were released Saturday to the same group of Islamic clerics who negotiated the freedom of three other Japanese hostages earlier this week.
		The two civilians were handed over to the clerics at a Baghdad mosque, Jiro Okuyama, a spokesman for Japan's Foreign Ministry, told The Associated Press.
		NHK said the Islamic Clerics Committee had negotiated the release.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h49934150.html (442 words)

	Zarqawi justifies Berg beheading - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au
		The allegation was made on an audiotape carrying a voice purporting to be that of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
		The 60-minute recording, which was first posted on Islamic websites on Tuesday, claimed there had been attempts - including the payment of money - to save Berg's life, but the speaker did not identify who was behind the rescue bids.
		Al-Dari, who heads Islamic Clerics Committee, has been involved in past efforts to secure the release of foreign hostages in Iraq.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/07/07/1089000230375.html?from=moreStories (498 words)

	Worldandnation: U.S. confirms 9 more missing
		The report, citing a Chinese merchant in Baghdad, said the seven were in the care of Islamic clerics.
		Earlier, Muthanna Harith, spokesman for Islamic Clerics Committee, said insurgents had released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis.
		It was not clear whether he and Abdul-Hamid were referring to the same hostages, or whether the Chinese mentioned in the Xinhua report were included in that number.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/04/13/Worldandnation/US_confirms_9_more_mi.shtml (778 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Insurgents in Iraq release 12 hostages
		However, a member of his office reached later said the number of those released was unclear.
		It was not clear if he and Abdul-Hamid were referring to the same hostages, or if the Chinese mentioned in the Xinhua report were included in that number.
		Two of the men were injured in an accident while the rest were in good condition, Xinhua said without giving details.
	signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20040412-1356-iraqkidnappings.html (850 words)

	CBC News:Iraqis release 16 hostages amid reports of more abductions
		The nine are unaccounted for after insurgents attacked and burned a convoy of trucks carrying armoured personnel carriers near Baghdad, Lt.-Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, said Monday.
		But "we know nothing about the Japanese," said Muthanna Harith, a spokesperson for the Islamic Clerics Committee said Monday who confirmed the release of the truck drivers.
		He was referring to three captured Japanese who Iraqi insurgents had threatened to kill on Sunday, unless the Japanese government withdrew 530 soldiers from Iraq.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/04/12/world/china_040412 (576 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Insurgents in Iraq release nine hostages
		BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents in Iraq have released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis, a spokesman for Islamic clerics who appealed for the releases said Monday.
		The identity of the ninth hostage was not immediately known.
		"We believe that nine were released last night or today," said Harith, spokesman for the Islamic Clerics Committee.
	signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20040412-0836-iraqkidnappings.html (874 words)

	3 Czech Journos Freed in Iraq
		Her son had been working for the New York City-based International Rescue Committee.
		A Chinese citizen also was released Friday, two days after being taken captive, said Muthanna Harith, a member of the Islamic Clerics Committee, the highest Sunni organization in Iraq.
		The clerics' committee had also successfully helped free three Japanese civilians, including a photographer, on Thursday.
	mediainfo.com /eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000490407 (1229 words)

	Official site of Canadian Idol - CTV's search for Canada's best.
		Two Japanese hostages in Iraq were released Saturday to the same group of Islamic clerics who negotiated the freedom of three other Japanese hostages earlier this week.
		— Two Japanese hostages in Iraq were released Saturday to the same group of Islamic clerics who negotiated the freedom of three other Japanese hostages earlier this week.
		That group -- two aid workers and a journalist -- underwent medical checks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Saturday and were expected to return home within 24 hours.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/idol/CTVNews/1082204399732_3 (417 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Japanese hostages 'to be freed in 24 hours'
		THREE young Japanese whose videotaped mock execution by Iraqi rebels shocked the world will be released within 24 hours, an Arabic news channel reported last night.
		According to Al-Jazeera, the kidnappers, identifying themselves as the "Mujahedeen Squadron", said they made the decision after mediation by the Islamic Clerics Committee - an Iraqi Sunni Muslim organisation.
		In a statement, the kidnappers urged the Japanese public to press their government to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the station said.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=410982004 (991 words)

	Marines Fight Insurgents in Fallujah(Terrorists found with suicide belts in Fallujah ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The commander, identified only as Abu Hafs, said he belonged to a group called the "Mujahedeen of the Victorious Sect," which includes non-Iraqi Islamic militants.
		The Islamic Clerics Committee, a Sunni organizations whose offices are next to the mosque, said 40 people, including whole families, were killed in the airstrike.
		Thousands of Iraqis organized by Sunni clerics traveled 30 miles from the capital to deliver the supplies.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1114034/posts (2922 words)

	ABC15.com: Phoenix and Arizona News, Live Weather, Web Cams and More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Insurgents have released nine hostages of various nationalities, including Turks and Pakistanis, a spokesman for Islamic clerics who appealed for the releases said Monday.
		The spokesman, Muthanna Harith, said he had no word on three Japanese civilians still being held.
		The identity of the ninth was not immediately known.
	www.knxv.com /news/index.asp?did=9139 (954 words)

	The Daley Times-Post
		The Republican National Committee will begin broadcasting television ads in key markets nationally this weekend that suggest Sen. Harry Reid is "playing partisan politics" with the war in Iraq.
		The 60-second ads are part of a national campaign by the RNC to push back against increasingly vocal criticism from Democrats about the Bush administration's policy in Iraq.
		Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.
	users.adelphia.net /~thofab (5857 words)

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