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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber dressed in a woman’s robe detonated explosives Sunday in a heavily guarded Sunni area of Baghdad, killing the deputy leader of the neighborhood’s U.S.-backed security volunteers who had turned against al-Qaeda, Iraqi officials said.
Six bodyguards of Farooq al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the “awakening council” in Baghdad’s Azamiyah district, also died. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has often targeted leaders of awakening councils.
But Khalil Ibrahim, an aide to al-Obeidi, said the attack could have been carried out by rivals within the council itself.
