Key Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed

A key leader of an alliance of Iraqi Sunni Arab tribes opposed to the Al-Qaeda was killed in a roadside bomb attack on Thursday. Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was killed near his home in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar. He was the leader of an alliance of Sunni Arab tribes called the Anbar Salvation Council that joined forces with US troops to push Al-Qaeda out of much of the western area.