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Imam Assassinated In Aleppo

The imam of the Aleppo mosque, Muhammad Qul Aghasi, has been assassinated.

It is thought that Aghasi helped send fighters to Iraq, and that booklets of his sermons were circulated among the terrorists.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, September 29, 2007.

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