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Top Sunni sheikh fighting Qaeda in Iraq assassinated

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Top Sunni sheikh Sattar Abu Reesha, who spearheaded a fight against Al-Qaeda, was killed by a bomb on Thursday just 10 days after US President George W. Bush shook his hand when he visited Iraq.

The attack came hours before Bush was due to make a televised address detailing Washington's future strategy in war-torn Iraq.

Abu Reesha was killed near his home in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province and the region touted by the US military as a success in its fight against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the local affiliate of Osama bin Laden's jihadist group.

The US military confirmed the killing.

"I can confirm that he was killed in front of his house from an explosion from a roadside bomb," military spokesman Major Winfield S. Danielson told AFP.

Anbar security chief Tareq al-Dulaimi said Abu Reesha "was returning home when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb planted by insurgents. His car was hit directly.

Full story, Sorce: AFP

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