Sunni chiefs critical of Qaeda attacked
by Sally Buzbee from Associated Press
Militants bombed the northern Baghdad home of a moderate and highly regarded Sunni cleric, Sheik Wathiq al-Obeidi, who had recently spoken against Al Qaeda. He was seriously wounded and three relatives were killed. "We have to fight foreign fighters in our city," witnesses quoted him as saying. "We have to fight those linked to Al Qaeda." ... Maliki reached out to other neighbors, too, saying his country wants to repair relations with Syria, Kuwait, and Iran that were "broken by the previous regime." But Maliki did not mention Saudi Arabia, a Sunni-led country furious with what it sees as the Shi'ite bias of Maliki's government.