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Iraqi bomber hurts ex-al-Qaida official

Published: May 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM

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BAGHDAD, May 8 (UPI) -- A former leader in the al-Qaida in Iraq faction who now works for a U.S.-backed security group was wounded in a suicide bombing Thursday.

Sheik Nadhem al-Jabouri, head of the Awakening Council, was injured when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy in the Salaheddin province town of Dhuluiya in northern Iraq, CNN reported.

Also hurt were Dhuluiya Police Chief Mohammed Khalid and three others.

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