Blast near Baghdad kills 5 Sunni leaders - police

Source: Reuters
Blast near Baghdad kills 5 Sunni leaders - police
22 Jul 2007 12:10:20 GMT
BAGHDAD, July 22 (Reuters) - Five Sunni tribal leaders
opposed to al Qaeda were killed when a suicide bomber
drove a minivan packed with about half a tonne of
explosives into a house north of Baghdad on Sunday,
police said.
The Sunni tribal leaders were meeting in an area known
as Jurf al-Milih near Taji, about 20 km (12 miles) north
of the Iraqi capital, to discuss joining U.S. and Iraqi
forces in fighting al Qaeda in their mainly Sunni Arab
area.
A police source said the preliminary death toll of five
could rise. Another 12 people were wounded.
An Iraqi army source said the local Sunni tribal chiefs
were meeting after talks were held in Taji on Friday
with local Shi'ite leaders. Those talks were held under

the protection of U.S. forces, the army source said.

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