Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban
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Sheik Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban (c. 1939 – 17 June 2007) was a moderate Sunni cleric in the city of Tikrit
, Iraq
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al-Dabban was the senior Sunni religious leader between July 2004 and his death. He was a moderate Sunni leader with no links to insurgent groups.
On June 24, 2006 he was arrested along with his two sons by the United States Army
in Iraq on suspicion of being a terrorist. After mass protest by Iraqi people in Tikrit the American authorities apologized and released him.
al-Dabban died on 17 June 2007 from a heart attack.
Tikrit
Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.-Ancient times:...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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al-Dabban was the senior Sunni religious leader between July 2004 and his death. He was a moderate Sunni leader with no links to insurgent groups.
On June 24, 2006 he was arrested along with his two sons by the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
in Iraq on suspicion of being a terrorist. After mass protest by Iraqi people in Tikrit the American authorities apologized and released him.
al-Dabban died on 17 June 2007 from a heart attack.