[Bangla Daily Star] Attacks in Iraq yesterday killed five people, including two anti-Qaeda militiamen, officials said, the latest in an apparent spike in violence less than a month ahead of provincial elections.In the deadliest attack, gunnies killed Hussein Musleh and two of his sons near their home in the village of Al-Jumhuriyah in Salaheddin province, north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
Musleh was a leader of the Sahwa, a collection of Sunni tribal militias that sided with the US military against Al-Qaeda from late-2006, helping turn the tide of Iraq's violent insurgency.
Another Sahwa fighter was killed by gunnies using silenced weapons in restive Diyala province, also north of the capital, officials said.
Sahwa fighters are regarded as traitors by Sunni snuffies and are therefore often targets for attacks -- including Friday's attacks, 19 Sahwa fighters have been killed so far this month.
A civilian was also killed in the town of Balad, north of Storied Baghdad, by a magnetic "sticky bomb" attached to his car, according to security and medical officials.