Abbas al-Zubaidi occupying Al-Kindi hospital

["LouPaulsen" <LouPaulsen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am still trying to figure out who Sheikh Abbas al-Zubaidi is, and why he
has come up from Najaf and taken over al-Kindi hospital in Baghdad.

There is no reference to him on the Web or in Deja that I can find before
two days ago.

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>From an AFP article dated Apr. 11:

"The situation is chaotic and catastrophic," Peter Tarabula, medical
coordinator for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) here,
said after an ICRC team inspected the hospital.

All staff have fled Al-Kindi hospital with the exception of two doctors who
administer first aid but do not carry out operations.

"The doctors have all left," said nurse Jawad al-Jabiri.

Few patients have remained at the hospital since the looting Thursday, in
which armed men stole two ambulances and medicine from the facility.

US troops called to assist them replied that they had no orders to intervene
and medical staff said they were powerless to stop the thieves.

Shiite Muslim fighters from the southern city of Najaf have set up camp at
the hospital and are posted at all the exits.

The fighters are led by Sheikh Abbas al-Zubaidi, who has donned a white
doctor's gown over his traditional robe