Iraqi City Council Chief Killed

04/22/2007

By KIRK SEMPLE
NY Times
Published: April 22, 2007


BAGHDAD, April 21 — Gunmen killed the chairman of the Falluja City Council on Saturday, striking a blow to American and Iraqi efforts to develop a functioning representative government in the volatile western province of Anbar.

Sami Naib al-Jumaili, who was slain in a drive-by shooting in front of his house, was at least the third leader of the Falluja City Council killed by insurgents. Another resigned after receiving death threats.

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