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| Anti-Al Qaeda Leader Killed In Double Suicide Bombing In Falluja |
| 2008-02-25 |
| (AHN) - Al Qaeda militants killed a leader of the Awakening Council, an alliance of United States supported Sunni Arab tribes, in a double suicide bomb attack in Falluja. Killed were Sheik Ibrahim Mutayri al-Mohammedi and his aide Saturday when Al Qaeda terrorists attacked Mohammedi's home in al-Saqlawiya, a northern district of Falluja. Other casualties were five Al Qaeda members who carried out the explosion. A still unnamed Awakening Council member was also killed Sunday when a car bomb exploded near a patrol station monitored by Sunnis. The Sunni tribes helped the U.S. and Iraqi forces reducing the violence in Baghdad and its immediate surroundings, and has driven out Al Qaeda cells out of the capital to other provinces. The Awakening Council established a volunteer security force known as Sons of Iraq, which is supported by the U.S. military. An adviser to the Awakening Council, Thamir al-Tamimi, said Al-Qaeda in Iraq had recently been targeting its leaders to "settle scores." |
| Posted by:Fred |