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| Bomber kills Iraqi tribal leader | Bomber kills Iraqi tribal leader |
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| An Iraqi tribal leader has been killed in a suicide bombing at his house south-east of Baquba, police say. | An Iraqi tribal leader has been killed in a suicide bombing at his house south-east of Baquba, police say. |
| Thaer Ghadban al-Karkhi was a member of the mainly Sunni Arab Awakening councils, allied with the US military against al-Qaeda in Iraq. | Thaer Ghadban al-Karkhi was a member of the mainly Sunni Arab Awakening councils, allied with the US military against al-Qaeda in Iraq. |
| A woman detonated an explosives vest after he answered the door, killing him, his daughter and two guards. | A woman detonated an explosives vest after he answered the door, killing him, his daughter and two guards. |
| Sunni militias have been credited with helping to bring down the level of violence in Iraq in recent months. | Sunni militias have been credited with helping to bring down the level of violence in Iraq in recent months. |
| However, its members have frequently been targeted for attack by al-Qaeda militants. | However, its members have frequently been targeted for attack by al-Qaeda militants. |
| Correspondents say female suicide bombers have been involved in at least 19 attacks or attempted attacks since the anti-US insurgency began in 2003. | |
| Some of those have been in recent months in Diyala province where Monday's attack occurred. | |
| Separately in another part of Diyala, a bomber blew himself up at the gate of a police station killing two people, police said. | |
| Twenty people, two of them policemen, were also wounded in the attack. | |
| In Baghdad, police said one person was killed and five wounded when a bomb in a parked minibus exploded in the northern Shaab district. |