Iraq's main Sunni party suspends contacts with US

Source: BAGHDAD (AP)

Iraq's largest Sunni party said Saturday that it has suspended official contacts with American military personnel and civilians after the killing of a man near Fallujah.

The Iraqi Islamic Party accused the raid of having a "hidden political motive" in an indication of rising tensions in Anbar province ahead of provincial elections, due to be held by the end of January.

The U.S. military said U.S.-backed Iraqi soldiers arrested a wanted insurgent leader suspected of training roadside bomb cells in an operation Friday that killed an armed man who opened fire on the troops.

The IIP alleged that a senior member of the party was killed in his bed and five others were arrested during the raid in the Halabsa area on the outskirts of the former insurgent stronghold. ...

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aren't the awakening councils shia?

jmo
related thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3566290&mesg_id=3566290

Or,

The One Fingered Iraqi Salute.

Gee. That's what democracies do. They throw out their occupiers.

Story sounds familiar....Something about a midnight run and a tea party and a guy named paul....There was a John, too....