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| Anti-Qaeda chieftain killed by roadside bomb |
| 2008-11-03 |
| 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 |