Prominent Iraqi tribal leader was killed in a terrorist attack by Qods Force

Sunday, 11 November 2007

NCRI - Sheikh Fayez Lafta Aliwi and three other tribal leaders from Al-Obeidi tribe were killed in a terrorist attack by the armed militias affiliated to the Iranian Qods force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The assault had followed a mortar attack to Dujma region in Diyala province of Iraq on November 9.

The Multi-National Division - North Public Affairs Office stated in a press release issued after the attack: “Sheik Fayez of the Obeidi tribe, an influential leader in ongoing reconciliation efforts to further advance the safety and security of the Iraqi people in Diyala Province, was killed in an explosion inside his home, near the village of Khalis at approximately 6 p.m. Iraqi local time on November 9.

"Two other Iraqi civilians were killed and another was injured in the explosion. All four victims of the bombing were transported by local nationals to the Ashraf hospital in Diyala Province."

The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), the main Iranian opposition group condemned the terrorist attack in a statement blaming the Qods force and IRGC for the terrorist attack. The statement called on nationalist Iraqi political movements and members of parliament to take serious measures to uncover agents of the Qods force in Iraqi governmental bodies and purge them.