Pro-government Sahwa (Awakening) force commander killed in Iraq

SALAHAL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A Pro Iraqi-government al-Sahwa (Awakening) Force commander has been killed in an explosive charge blast in Iraq‘s Salahal-Din Province on Wednesday, a police source reported. “An explosive charge, planted under the car of Sheikh Ali al-Sheikhani, blew off early Wednesday in Salahal-Din’s Railway Station, killing him on the spot,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. In another incident, the police source said that 2 explosive charges blew off against al-Sahwa checking point in Balad township of Salahal-Din Province on Tuesday night, cause no human casualties. Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province, is 175 km to the north of Baghdad.