Tribal Chief Who Aided U.S. Is Killed in Ambush
From Times Wire Reports
A tribal chief who challenged Iraq’s most feared terrorist and sent fighters to help U.S. troops battle Al Qaeda in western Iraq died in a hail of bullets, the latest victim of an apparent insurgent campaign against Sunni Arabs who work with Americans.
The ambush killing of Sheik Osama Jadaan came as shootings and bombings killed nine people and wounded 35 across the country, and the bodies of at least 10 more people were found in Baghdad, possible victims of the sectarian bloodshed tearing at Iraq.
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