28 May 2005

Juan Cole: May 28, 2005 Part 2

Muqtada: All Factions Must Participate in Constitution-Making

The Herald Sun reports that late on Friday, ' "A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a police patrol, killing seven people, including three policemen and wounding 24 civilians," Lieutenant Mahmud al-Azzawi said. '

Guerrillas assassinated a major Sunni Arab tribal leader, Shaikh Sabhan Khalaf al-Juburi (al-Jibouri), 52, on Friday in Kirkuk, according to AP. Al-Juburi, though he was a Sunni Arab, had good relations with the Kurds, unlike many Sunni Arabs in the northern, disputed oil city of Kirkuk.

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