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October 9, 2008

Bomb Attack in Iraq Kills Sadrist Lawmaker
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Iraqi authorities say bomb exploded near car carrying Saleh al-Auqaeili
as he traveled in Habibiya district in Sadr City, a Shi'ite stronghold 
The Iraqi Shi'ite faction lead by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says one of its
senior lawmakers has been killed in a bomb attack in the Baghdad
district of Sadr City. Iraqi authorities say a bomb exploded near a car
carrying lawmaker Saleh al-Auqaeili Thursday as he traveled in the
Habibiya district in Sadr City, a Shi'ite stronghold. Officials say at
least two other people were also killed. Al-Auqaeili is a member of a
Sadrist political faction that holds 30 seats in the Iraqi parliament.
Heavy fighting between Sadr's militia and security forces left hundreds
dead in Baghdad in the past year, but violence decreased significantly
after Sadr ordered several cease-fires. On Wednesday, a Sunni militia
leader, Abdullah Juburi, was killed in the northern city of Kirkuk. He
was a leader of what is known as an "Awakening Council", also known as
Sons of Iraq, the Sunni paramilitary groups composed mainly of former
insurgents who now work alongside U.S. forces to fight al-Qaida in Iraq.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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