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Suicide Attack Kills Local Leader in Northern Iraq
 [Asharq al-Aswat] A suicide bomber killed a local leader in northern Iraq on Monday, police said, the latest attack in an area where al Qaeda remains a threat.The bomber detonated an explosive vest as leaders from the town of Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad in Nineveh province, were leaving a funeral, police said. Hussein Akris, an independent politician who heads the Tal Afar governing council, was killed in the attack, according to Abdul Rahim al-Shimmari, head of the security and defense committee in the Nineveh provincial council. One of Akris' bodyguards was also killed and seven others, local politicians and guards, were wounded, police said. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-22 |
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