FALLUJA, Iraq, (Reuters) — Gunmen
in Iraqi army uniforms stormed the home of a Sahwa militiaman and
killed five members of his family on Wednesday, police sources said, in
the latest attack on the Sunni fighters who suThe attackers killed the man's wife, daughter, two of his sons and
another relative, and wounded seven other relatives in Abu Ghraib on the
western outskirts of Baghdad, one source said.
Members of the Sahwa militia have been frequent targets of attack as
Sunni Islamist al Qaeda tries to regain a grip on former strongholds and
destabilize the Shi'ite-led government before U.S. troops depart at the
end of the year.
"They stormed the house and shot randomly at the family while they
were sleeping," said a police source at the hospital in Abu Ghraib,
adding the Sahwa fighter was not at home during the attack.
Another police source said the target was a former Sahwa fighter who was home at the time and was wounded.
The Sahwa, recruited mainly from Iraq's Sunni Arab minority and
including former insurgents who turned against al Qaeda's Iraqi
affiliate, are credited with helping turn the tide of the sectarian
warfare that gripped Iraq in 2006-07.
In August, al Qaeda asked the ex-fighters who joined forces with the
U.S. military and the Shi'ite-led government to return to its ranks,
threatening to attack those who did not "repent.
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