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Female Bomber Kills Anti-Qaeda Sunni Sheik

Diyala-area Awakening leader hit in attack

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 10, 2008 7:17 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A female suicide bomber assassinated a Sunni Awakening leader in his Diyala province home today, the AP reports, killing the sheik’s bodyguard, cousin, and 5-year-old niece along with him. The woman had come to see the sheik yesterday, saying her husband had been kidnapped and was begging for help. “She came back this morning and nobody checked her,” the sheik’s brother said.

The woman was ushered into the house, and blew up the explosives belt she was wearing as soon as she was within sight of the leader. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Diyala is one of the most volatile regions of Iraq, where American-funded Sunni Awakening councils have taken up arms against al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Men transport the body of the Sunni Sheikh killed by a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi. The woman, wearing an explosives belt, entered al-Karkhi's home...
Men transport the body of the Sunni Sheikh killed by a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters...   (Associated Press)
Mohammed Thaeir cries over his father's body at their home after he was killed by a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi. The woman, wearing an...
Mohammed Thaeir cries over his father's body at their home after he was killed by a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of...   (Associated Press)
Map locates Baqouba, Iraq near where a female suicide bomber killed three today.
Map locates Baqouba, Iraq near where a female suicide bomber killed three today.   (Associated Press)
Members of the Sunni Awakening council of Baquba take positions in this Feb. 8 file photo. A Baquba Awakening leader was killed this morning in a suicide bombing. (AP Photo)
Members of the Sunni Awakening council of Baquba take positions in this Feb. 8 file photo. A Baquba Awakening leader was killed this morning in a suicide bombing. (AP Photo)   (Associated Press)
A morgue official inspects the remains of a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi. The woman, wearing an explosives belt, entered al-Karkhi's home and killed al-Karkhi,...
A morgue official inspects the remains of a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir...   (Associated Press)
A morgue official inspects the remains of a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi. The woman, wearing an explosives belt, entered al-Karkhi's home and killed al-Karkhi,...
A morgue official inspects the remains of a female suicide bomber in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, March 10, 2008. A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters Sheik Thaeir...   (Associated Press)
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