Al Qaeda's front group the Islamic State in Iraq took credit for the assassination of Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, calling the murder a "heroic operation." At Sattar's funeral, thousands of mourners chanted "Revenge should be made quickly. ... We will chase the killers." Sattar's brother Ahmed has been appointed the new leader of the Anbar Awakening movement.
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