MP warns against arresting Sadrist Trend members

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Al-Ahrar Bloc MP member Iman al-Mussawi disclosed today fears that the Sadrist Trend‘s members may be arrested in several provinces, which “shall pose a grave danger in that it may start new conflicts in the provinces.” Talking to the media, including IraqiNews.com, al-Mussawi noted that “a number of Iraqi cities witnessed arbitrary arrests against followers of the Sadrist Trend.” She added that these arrests are “unjustifiable.” MP Mussawi called for “stopping these arrests, because they will complicate the security situation that may lead to conflicts in the province.  This of course is a matter that we do not want.” She called on local governments to follow legal means, not “personal desires.” Sadrist Trend sources said two weeks ago that there was an attempt to detain two of its members; one was arrested and the second was able to flee, by a force wearing governmental attire, but “we did not know who they were,” the source declared. RM (TS)/SR 552