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By Robert Y. Pelton
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Gunmen kidnap 10 anti-Qaeda tribal figures in Iraq28 Oct 2007 14:54:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
More BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped 10 members of a tribal group fighting al Qaeda as they were returning to their home town in Diyala from Baghdad on Sunday, relatives of the victims said.
The group belong to the Diyala Salvation Council, a body formed by different sects in the province to fight al Qaeda.
One of the relatives said some of those kidnapped had contacted them to inform the families of their abduction just north of Baghdad's Shaab district, adding one had been shot as he tried to resist the militants.
Police found the bullet-riddled body of one of the Sunni sheiks, Mishaan Hilan, about 50 yards away from where the ambush took place, an officer said, adding that the victim was identified after his cell phone was found on him.
A relative of one of the abducted Shiite sheiks blamed Sunni extremists and said the attackers picked a Shiite neighborhood to "create strife between Shiite and Sunni tribes that have united against al-Qaida in the area."
But, Jassim Zeidan al-Anbaqi said, "this will not happen."
It was unclear what his condition was.
Interior ministry and police sources had no immediate information on the abduction.
The group had met with a tribal advisor for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
Tribal leaders and some insurgent groups in Diyala have joined the U.S. and Iraqi security forces in trying to eradicate al Qaeda from Diyala, a religiously mixed province that has consistently seen major sectarian violence in the past few years.
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