Iranian authorities have arrested the leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah, according to reports on state television. The Arabic language channel al-Alam said Abdolmalek Rigi had been held in eastern Iran,
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Jundullah was founded in 2002 to defend the Baluchi minority in the poor, remote and lawless region of south-east Iran.
Mr Rigi has claimed in the past that the group does not seek to break away from Iran but that violence is necessary to draw attention to discrimination.
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Fantastic
by Javadagha on Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:28 AM PSTThis is excellent news! I wonder if this is the reason Dick Cheney was taken to the hospital with chest pains :-)
Fred chicken, Fantastic.