Shiite sheikh shot dead in Baghdad

January 6, 2008 – 3:53 pm

Three separate bombings killed at least 16 people Sunday, and gunmen shot to death a Shiite tribal sheikh active in an effort to counter militias in his northeastern Baghdad neighborhood, Iraqi officials said.


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