Sunni Sheikh who met with Bush killed

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Sunni sheikh fighting Qaeda in Iraq killed

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Sunni sheikh Sattar Abu Reesha, who has been fighting Al-Qaeda since last year, was killed on Thursday in a bomb attack on his convoy in the western city of Ramadi, police said.

One of his bodyguards was also killed in the attack that marked a bloody start to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

"He was returning home when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb planted by insurgents," said Anbar security chief Colonel Tareq al-Dulaimi. "His car was hit directly."

Sheikh Reesha was a prominent figure in the so-called Anbar Awakening Conference of Sunni tribes which formed an alliance with American troops in western Anbar province to claw back their neighbourhoods from Al-Qaeda.

A week ago, he attended a meeting of Iraqi government and US officials in Ramadi, capital of Anbar, at which he urged other provinces to follow Anbar's lead in cooperating with the central government.


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1. well, that is what a collaborator gets in Iraq.....

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2. Breaking on CNN

Key Sunni sheik who united with U.S. forces to fight al Qaeda militants in Iraq was killed by a roadside bomb, sources tell CNN.

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3. Hey, if you break with Al Queda, you know what the rules are.

You make your decisions and you take your chances. I assume the guy knew he was taking some chances.

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4. Reesha was trying to save Anbar for himself

Bush’s new Iraqi friend.