Sunni leader killed for joining ceasefire talks

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A SUNNI tribal leader was murdered in the Iraqi city of Ramadi a day after taking part in talks with American and Iraqi officials aimed at curbing violence there. Sheikh Nasser Kareem al-Fahdawi, head of the al-Bu Fahad tribe and a physics professor at Anbar University, was shot by insurgents opposed to the talks in late December.

His killing came 24 hours after he had joined tribal leaders representing insurgent groups in a meeting with Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador, and Ibrahim Jaafari, the Shi’ite prime minister.

A source within the tribe, who is also a member of Al-Qaeda, indicated that he believed al-Fahdawi had been too sympathetic towards the United States during talks. “He was a traitor who deserved to be killed,” he said.

Two other tribal leaders have also been killed after revealing that they took part in talks and encouraging people to heed the American demands.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2025456,00.html

[stop the bleeding]

1. Civil War? what Civil War? where? No not here - just move along n/t

[Hissyspit]

2. I still hear "serious" commentators on NPR and such talk about the country

"possibily" moving into civil war.

Hello???

[WhiteTara]

4. but wait! We're about to turn another corner

right into the next brick wall! How could it become any worse if we were to leave?

[stop the bleeding]

5. casue we got to fight em over there so we don't have to fight em over here

:argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh:

[0007]

6. ....yeah, and we got the big one to level the playing field if they

don't shape up...

Man, those guy over there know how to keep a heat score on the front burner, eh?

[Hissyspit]

3. WHAT A FUCKING MESS.

Georgie Boy and cronies said "Hey! Let's put on Vietnam again!" and most of the country said "Hey, that sounds like fun!"

[enigma000]

7. He was a Quisling. Like (almost) everyone else in Iraq n/t