Anti-Qaeda chieftain killed by roadside bomb
Aswat al-Iraq: Roadside bomb killed an anti-Qaeda tribal chieftain in the volatile province of Diala on Sunday, a security source said. "A roadside bomb went off against the private car of Abbas al-Mujamai in the main road of south Buhriz district, 5 km south Baquba," a Diala Security source told Aswat al-Iraq. "The blast left the chieftain and five of his family killed," the source noted.
The chieftain headed the Sahwa (Awakening) council in Imam Habash district, a tribal council backed by the Iraqi government to fight al-Qaeda network.
Posted by: Fred 2008-11-03 |