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04/09/2004:

"Unrest in Mosul"

by Firas al-Atraqchi, www.yellowtimes.org

CAIRO (NFTF.org) -- Arab media is reporting that several U.S. interests have come under attack in the northern Sunni Arab city of Mosul. Apparently, a 7pm curfew has been slapped on the city.

While the number of dead has reached 460 and 1000 wounded in Fallujah, Sunni clerics around the Muslim world are calling on Sunnis and Shia to unite and resist the occupation.

Islam experts point to the overwhelming support the Shia in Iraq have been receiving from the normally indifferent Sunni hierarchy in the Middle East.

On Friday, Iranian cleric Ali Hashemi Rafsanjani voiced his support for the Shia uprising and the Iraqi people in their struggle.