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WORLD / Middle East
Man arrested in Iraqi sheik's killing
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-17 09:21
BAGHDAD - The US military on Sunday announced the arrest of a suspect in
the killing of a sheik who spearheaded the US-backed Sunni revolt against
al-Qaida in Iraq, even as the terror network launched a campaign of
violence during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Iraqi Army soldiers investigate the site of a car bomb attack in the
Mansour neighborhood, western Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. The
blast killed at least one civilian and wounded five, police said. [AP]
Dozens of suspected Sunni insurgents raided Shiite villages north of
Baghdad, killing at least 15 people and setting homes ablaze, police
said. A bicycle bomb exploded at a cafe serving tea and food during the
Ramadan fast in northern Iraq.
The surge of bloodshed - with 54 people killed or found dead nationwide -
occurred a day after al-Qaida announced a new campaign aimed at
countering US and Iraqi claims the terror movement is reeling following
the US-led offensives around the Iraqi capital.
But the US military insisted it had the group on the run and said a man
believed responsible for the assassination of a US-allied Sunni tribal
leader in Anbar province had been arrested north of Baghdad.
Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, 37, was the leader of Anbar Awakening - an
alliance of clans backing the Iraqi government and US forces against
al-Qaida in Iraq that was touted as one of the success stories of the
war. He and three companions were killed in a bombing Thursday outside
his heavily guarded compound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, days
after he had met with President Bush.
The US military said an al-Qaida-linked militant connected to his death
and a plot to kill other tribal leaders - Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas
al-Jumayli, an Iraqi also known as Abu Khamis - was seized Saturday
during a raid west of Balad, and the search continued for other suspects.
Brig. Gen. Joe Anderson, chief of staff to the No 2 commander in Iraq,
said al-Qaida fighters were "off-balance" and had "clearly been
neutralized" in Baghdad.
"They are very fractured. It's very localized and the ability for them to
conduct large-scale, sensational attacks has been greatly decreased,"
Anderson said at a news conference.
In the raids on the Shiite villages of Jichan and Ghizlayat, the fighters
arrived from several different directions and residents fought back until
Iraqi security forces arrived and forced the attackers to flee to nearby
farms.
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