BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Sunday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a sheik who spearheaded the U.S.-backed Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq, even as the terror network launched a campaign of violence during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
In Baghdad, meanwhile, Iraqi police said security contractors opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad, killing at least nine civilians. The U.S. Embassy said contractors working for the State Department were involved in an incident but provided no further details because an investigation was under way.
North of the capital, dozens of suspected Sunni insurgents raided Shiite …
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