DAR AL ISLAM - IRAQ: U.S. MILITARY RELEASES AIDE OF AL SADR AFTER HOLDING HIM FOR 2 YRS

Militant leader freed in Iraq

BAGHDAD, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. forces in Iraq have freed a top aide to rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after holding him for more than two years.

Ahmed Shibani was photographed with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after his release from U.S. custody, the BBC reported. The Iraqi government was thought to have helped broker Shibani's release.

U.S.-Iraq coalition leaders said in a statement that they believed Shibani "could play a potentially important role in helping to moderate extremism and foster reconciliation in Iraq," the BBC reported.

Shibani, a leader in Sadr's Mehdi Army, has been held since his capture two years ago in the mainly Shiite town of Najaf. The U.S. military described him at that time as a major security threat.

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A leopard will not change its spots and this jihadist will be of no help at all...

What is even more worrying is that it appears that the U.S. military is buying this taqiyya & kitman...

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