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Yesterday Abu Risha was assassinated by bombers in Anbar

An assassination that blows apart Bush's hopes of pacifying Iraq
Last week George Bush flew into Iraq to meet Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, leader of Anbar province. This week General David Petraeus told the US Congress how Anbar was a model for Iraq.

Yesterday Abu Risha was assassinated by bombers in Anbar

By Patrick Cockburn
The Independent
14 September 2007

Ten days after President George Bush clasped his hand as a symbol of America's hopes in Iraq, the man who led the US-supported revolt of Sunni sheikhs against al-Qa'ida in Iraq was assassinated.