It was the second deadly attack on Iraqi Sunni leaders in two days.
Yesterday, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, ordered a three-day closure of all mosques in the town of Zubayr, where the first killing took place, as a gesture of protest against sectarian violence.
(AP, Reuters)
RFE/RL Iraq Report
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