Top Iraqi Sunni tribal chief dies after rooftop fall(after being thrown)

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD - A 75-year-old chief from Iraq’s powerful Tamin tribe was thrown to his death from the top of a Baghdad building after gunmen kidnapped him from a funeral, a relative said Wednesday.


Sheikh Hamed Mohammed Suhail, a Sunni leader in a mixed Sunni and Shiite tribe, was seized from the funeral in Agarguff area near Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad two days ago.

“He was dragged from the funeral and taken to Shuala area in Baghdad and then thrown from the top of a building,” his nephew, tribal leader Sheikh Ali Suhail Al Tamimi, told AFP, blaming Shiite militants.

Shuala is a Shiite neighbourhood in western Baghdad.

Although Mohammed Suhail is a Sunni, nearly two thirds of his tribe is Shiite and he was known as a moderate who was working to reconcile Baghdad’s warring communities, his nephew said

more:http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/January/focusoniraq_January17.xml§ion=focusoniraq

[WillParkinson]

1. The headline is ridiculous...

He didn't "fall". He was thrown to his death. There's a huge difference.

[SoCalDem]

2. "Thrown"? that's nothing like a "fall"

Headline writers..shame on you.,.

Should say..

"Thrown from roof to his death"

[ixion]

3. classic misleading headline there

he didn't 'fall', which implies an accidental context. He was thrown. It was an execution. This becomes obvious from the lede, but is not clear in the headline, IMO.

[maddezmom]

5. edited to make it clearer

:)

[ixion]

6. lol, thanks!

:hi:

[rpannier]

4. Hell of a definition of a fall

I guess Sadam fell from that scaffold too.

[Bonescrat]

7. WTF is up with the disingenuous headlines...? nt

[Ian David]

8. They made it sound like he was taking down his christmas lights. n/t

[sabra]

9. horrible headline... and horrible story.

I fear what will result from this.

[AngryAmish]

10. The fall did not kill him

The sudden deceleration when hitting the ground did.

[rebel with a cause]

11. A big point is being missed here.

He was taken to and thrown from a building in Shuala. "Shuala is a Shiite neighborhood in western Baghdad."

"Although Mohammed Suhail is a Sunni, nearly two thirds of his tribe is Shiite and he was known as a moderate who was working to reconcile Baghdad’s warring communities, his nephew said."

Why do I get the feeling that there is something more than tribal factors involved here? If this guy was trying to bring about peace and represented both Sunnis and Shiites, why would they want to kill him in-particular. This just smells of someone trying to escalate the secular fighting in Iraq. IMO

[gratuitous]

12. Peace doesn't advance some people's agendas

And someone who serves as a connection between Sunni and Shiite is a very dangerous person to people who have an interest (financial, personal, thirst for power, etc.) in ongoing violence and division.

[rebel with a cause]

13. Exactly what I was thinking.

[rman]

15. agreed

[fed-up]

14. sounds familiar-free speech lawyer "suicide" /Plame Bush treason

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/December/28/local/stories/02local.htm
December 28, 2006

Free speech and homeless advocate Paul Sanford plunges from building

Free speech lawyer Paul Sanford dies in apparent suicide

Seaside police believe that Sanford intentionally fell from at least nine stories into the courtyard of the Embassy Suites Hotel Monterey Bay about 9:20 a.m. Sunday, to the shock of hotel patrons who were eating breakfast in the hotel atrium.

snip

According to media accounts, the disagreement between the men started after Sanford used a KOMY press credential to join the White House press corps and asked then-press secretary Scott McClellan if the administration's leak of Valerie Plame's identity was tantamount to treason. It's unclear what will happen with the case, which was set for trial in February.