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....they do, in a big way!


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops arrested the son of Iraq's top Shiite politician Friday as he returned to the country from Iran, Shiite officials said.

Amar al-Hakim, son of political leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, was taken into custody at the Zirbatyah crossing point and was transferred to a U.S. facility in Kut, according to the elder al-Hakim's secretary, Jamal al-Sagheer.

Security guards accompanying the younger al-Hakim were also detained, al-Sagheer said.

U.S. spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver said he was looking into the report.

Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim is leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the country's largest Shiite party with longtime ties to Iran. He met with President Bush at the White House in December, and his party is part of the Shiite alliance that includes Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

U.S. authorities have complained about Iranian weapons sales and financial aid to major Shiite parties in Iraq.

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