29.10.2004 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Mosul: Car bomb kills head of National Assembly of Iraqi Tribes ("original document") [ID 10320]

"CAR BOMB IN NINAWAH KILLS TRIBAL LEADER. A car bomb was reportedly planted in the car of an Iraqi tribal leader and detonated as it reached the Ninawah Governorate headquarters in Mosul on 25 October, Reuters reported on the same day. Sahir Khudhir, who led the National Assembly of Iraqi Tribes, was killed along with two of his aides. Al-Jazeera reported that Khudhir was the target of the bombing. A second booby-trapped car detonated near the former presidential complex in Mosul on 25 October. That blast reportedly targeted a convoy transporting an Iraqi security forces liaison officer, according to Al-Jazeera. Three of the officer's guards were wounded in the attack. (Kathleen Ridolfo)"

Document(s): original document

28.10.2003 - Source: New York Times

10 large tribal federations in central Iraq, hundreds of subgroups with its own sheik ("Original source") [ID 10321]

Document(s): Original source

20.10.2003 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Southern Iraq: traditional Arab tribal networks are being abused to allow extortion and organised crime which threaten security and reconstruction in impoverished Shia areas ("Blood Thicker Than Water") [#16902],  [ID 10322]

Document(s): Open document

13.08.2003 - Source: UK Home Office

Head of Saddam Hussein's Bani al-Nasiri tribe shot and killed [ID 10323]

Document(s): Open document