BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 -- A charismatic tribal leader who allied himself with the United States and rallied fractious Sunni groups against extremists who claim links to al-Qaeda was killed Thursday afternoon when a bomb exploded outside his house in Anbar province. -
By Joshua Partlow, Ann Scott Tyson and Robin Wright
Bomb Kills a Key Sunni Ally of U.S.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 -- A charismatic tribal leader who allied himself with the United States and rallied fractious Sunni groups against extremists who claim links to al-Qaeda was killed Thursday afternoon when a bomb exploded outside his house in Anbar province.-
By Joshua Partlow, Ann Scott Tyson and Robin Wright