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| Sheikh al-Ubaidi, four others from Salvation Council in Diyala killed by suicide boomer | |
| 2007-11-10 | |
A leading Iraqi tribesman was among those killed in a suicide bomb attack in the village of Dujema north of Baaqouba on Friday, a security source said. Sheikh Sabah Al-Shammari, spokesman of the Salvation Council in Diyala, told KUNA that Sheikh Fa'ez Al-Ubaidi, Al-Ubaid tribe chief, was killed when a suicide bomber, strapped in a belt of explosives, blew himself up in the midst of a congregation of tribal chiefs in Dujema in the province of Diyala, north of here. Four people from Al-Ubaid tribe were also killed in the attack, he said. Coalition forces regretted the death of Al-Ubaidi, who was among the tribesmen fighting hand-in-hand with the Iraqi and coalition troops against Al-Qaeda militants.
The explosion occurred at 8:00 p.m. local time and resulted in damaging a number of buildings and the injury of 12 people who were wisked off to hospitals in the city of Baaqouba, 60 km northeast of Baghdad. The suicide bomber sought to target a meeting of the council of the province of Diyala which was attended by 75 tribal chiefs of the province, both Sunni and Shiite, some of them heading separately 18 zone offices of the council all across Diyala. A similar number of tribal chiefs in the township of al-Khalis repelled today an attack by a band of armed gunmen from the al-Qaeda, resulting in the killing of four of the gunmen, three of the tribesmen, and the injury of three bystanders. The gunmen used light and medium weapons in their assault. | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 MS-13 is a major threat, needs strong daylight (and high velocity lead) cure. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2007-11-10 09:07 |
| #2 Unless they can somehow kill off two generations of tribal leaders in a short time, the jihadis are hastening the day when Iraq will be a fully functioning secular democracy. Zawahiri and the rest of the al-Q leadership are beginning to realize this, but they have let loose an avalanche of unthinking, ill-educated fanatics they no longer control. Much as Arafat's duplicity has led to Hamas and the divisions in Gaza and the west bank. Would that those were the only examples .... but I fear we'll see a lot more unravelling around the world before this plays itself out. And I don't think the Islamicists will be the only players - the morphing of MS-13 in latin america and their challenge of our borders & police murders here being another example. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-11-10 05:34 |
| #1 Bless them and those who continue this. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-11-10 00:29 |