Dahr Jamail confirms our suspicions about the arrest of Sunni party leader Muhsin Abd al-Hamid. Besides the “horrible PR move,” Jamail asks, “Was it an attempt to raise sectarian tensions?” “It just so happens,” notes Jamail, “that his party, the Islamic Party, opposes the new US-backed security operation now engulfing Baghdad because they believe the security forces will disregard the rights of innocent Iraqis.”
Jamail continues:
The Islamic Party released a statement after the release of Abdul Hamid which said, “The U.S. administration claims it is interested in drawing Sunnis into the political process but it seems that their way of doing so is by raids, arrests and violating human rights.”
For more background, see our BooTrib story on May 30: “U.S. Arrest of Sunni Party Leader Foments Unrest.”