To counter this spreading resistance, the US and interim Iraqi government have begun cracking down on Sunni leaders who back the resistance as well as the press. Yesterday the U.S. military raided the house of Hareth al-Dhari, a leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars which has called for a boycott of the January elections. Later in the day the U.S. raided the Ibn Taymiyah Mosque to arrest another Sunni leader who has called for armed resistance against the U.S.