Iraq: Al-Sarkhi linked groups are preparing to launch guerrilla attacksnote

Reports from southern Iraq suggest that the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Waset and Nassiriya has recently arrested dozens of Shiite extremists loyal to Mahmoud Al-Hassani Al-Sarkhi – a Shiite cleric opposed to the US occupation of Iraq. Al-Sarkhi was the Spiritual Guide of Jund Al-Sama – a Shiite extremist group the Iraqi Interior Ministry dismantled early in 2007. The following 282-word report focuses on the issue and on the Jund Al-Sama reorganizing ranks to re-launch guerrilla attacks.