The minister says they have arrested the cleric because he was planning to incite violence in areas where security forces are wrapping up the anti-insurgency operations.
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In others, it was simply the latest excuse by Islamists toincite crowds toviolence, just as Danish cartoons, burned Korans, a speech by the Pope and defiled Afghan corpses have been at one time or another in the past.
"Last week's event was an attempt toincite sectarian violence and hatred against the Iraqi Sunni population in an effort to keep them from returning to Hurriya, " Stover said.