Assassinations
Since the beginning of the insurgency, several high-profile people have been assassinated. These included:
- Sergio Vieira de Mello - Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked as the Secretary-General's Special Representative in Iraq. (2003)
- Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim - One of the foremost Twelver Shi'a Muslim leaders in Iraq. (2003)
- Akila al-Hashimi (2003)
- Izzedine Salim (2004)
- Dhari Ali al-Fayadh (2004)
- Mohammed Awad (2007)
- Sheikh Sittar - Iraqi tribal sheikh. He was leader of an alliance of Iraqi Sunni Arab tribe that opposed al-Qaeda in Iraq, and son of the chief of the Albu Risha clan, a subset of the Dulaim tribe, the largest and most important tribe in Iraq.(2007)
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