Anti-Qaeda chieftain killed in roadside bomb

DIALA/IraqiNews.com: Roadside bomb killed an anti-Qaeda tribal chieftain in the volatile province of Diala on Sunday, a security source said. “A roadside bomb went off against the private car of Abbas al-Mujamai in the main road of south Buhriz district, 5 km south Baquba,” a Diala Security source told IraqiNews.com. “The blast left the chieftain and five of his family killed,” the source noted. The chieftain headed the Sahwa (Awakening) council in Imam Habash district, a tribal council backed by the Iraqi government to fight al-Qaeda network. Baquba is the capital city of Diala, was once the granary of Iraq and the country’s orange capital with its lush orchards. AM(S) 1