IED blast kills 3, wounds 7 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Three people were killed and seven others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in northeastern Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi police source said. “An IED went off near a sahwa (awakening) tribal forces’ checkpoint in al-Shaab area, northeastern Baghdad, leaving one civilian man and two sahwa fighters killed and seven others, including five sahwa elements, wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com. The sahwa forces, armed by U.S. forces, were formed by tribes in several cities and provinces of Iraq, namely Anbar, Diala, Salah al-Din and Mosul as well as some areas in the Iraqi capital with the aim of fighting armed organizations in their areas. AmR (P) 1