FALLUJAH, Nov 29: Gunmen in several cars shot dead an influential Sunni religious scholar outside his mosque in Fallujah on Tuesday. Hamza Abbas al Issawi, a mufti, was coming out of a mosque after prayers when gunmen pulled up near him and opened fire.
The killing of Issawi is surprising largely because Fallujah is so dominated by Sunnis, whether close to the anti-US resistance or not, that it would be difficult for any Shias to penetrate the city and carry out an assassination without detection. —Reuters
