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| Tribal chiefÂ’s son killed in Mosul blast |
| 2009-04-25 |
 NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A son of a chieftain of the Shamar clan was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Sinjar district, west of Mosul city, on Friday, a security source in Ninewa said.“The IED targeted the vehicle of the chieftain’s son near the main road of al-Biaaj district, west of Sinjar, (110 km) west of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. mHe did not give more information about the incident. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 It's a bit more complicated than that, Carville. The Shamar clan is indeed large. It was also highly influential under the Ba'athists and were one of the Arab tribes that were moved into Mosul, displacing Kurdish families and landowners. The Shamars were widely believed to have sheltered members of Saddam's inner circle when they returned from Syria to heat up the insurgency after having fled when we invaded. Both the Kurds and the Shi'ites therefore have strong reasons to consider an attack on that clan chieftain's family. It's also possible this was Sunni Arab on Sunni Arab since there were fractures among the various elements of the insurgency even before the surge of US troops. Add in issues regarding oil rights in the Mosul area and things get complicated indeed. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-04-25 15:01 |
| #1 That's just dumb. You piss off a tribal chief and suddenly all of your terrorist network is toes up in the desert somewhere with a pig bladder pulled over their heads. We turned the corner in Iraq when we starting using the tribes as a resource. The terrorists treated the tribes like targets of opportunity...you would think an Arab would understand the tribal network...but...NOOOOOO, these psychopaths lack both common sense and rational thought. Now they have really done it. Things might change in Mosul pretty quickly when the chief and his minions get their revenge for this. |
| Posted by: James Carville 2009-04-25 12:14 |