Iraq bombs hit Sunni stronghold A double bombing in Baghdad has killed at least 14 people, including the head of a US-backed armed group which fights al-Qaeda in Sunni Muslim areas. Police say a suicide bomber struck at the entrance of the Sunni Endowment, or Waqf, office in Adhamiya district.
A second suicide attacker set off a car bomb a few metres away as people fled from the scene of the first explosion. Riyadh Samarrai, leader of the Adhamiya Awakening group, also a Waqf employee, was killed along with his son. The attacker is believed to be from among the more hardline Sunni insurgents who do not want reconciliation in Iraq, the BBC's Humphrey Hawksley reports. 'Bomber's embrace' One of Mr Samarrai's bodyguards told reporters the suicide bomber had walked up to the former police colonel and embraced him before detonating his explosives. At least 18 people were also injured in the twin attack. US-backed "awakening councils", made up of insurgent fighters who turned against al-Qaeda extremists, have been credited with helping reduce violence across Iraq's Sunni Arab areas. But correspondents say their offices and checkpoints are themselves becoming targets of pro-al-Qaeda bombers. The north Baghdad suburb of Adhamiya, on the east bank of the Tigris, is home to Iraq's most revered Sunni shrine, the Abu Hanifa mosque. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein it was a centre of anti-US resistance until the "awakenings" initiative in 2006 to counter al-Qaeda, which many Sunnis rejected for fomenting sectarian strife. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7174641.stm Published: 2008/01/07 12:49:27 GMT © BBC MMVIII --------------- Jusfiq Hadjar gelar Sutan Maradjo Lelo Allah yang disembah orang Islam tipikal dan yang digambarkan oleh al-Mushaf itu dungu, buas, kejam, keji, ganas, zalim lagi biadab hanyalah Allah fiktif. __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
