Blast kills US-allied Sunni militia chief in Iraq
October 9, 2008 An Iraqi Sunni militia leader working with US forces was killed in a roadside blast along with two of his children and a nephew on Thursday north of Baghdad, security officials said. Abbas Khudair, who heads a Sahwa, or Awakening group, that is paid by American forces, was targeted as he drove with his family in the Al-Uthaim area in Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, officials said.
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