FEBRUARY 19, 2007 : (ANBAR PROVINCE: SUICIDE BOMBER ATTEMPTS, BUT FAILS, TO KILL ABU RISHA ON THE SAME DAY GUNMEN ALSO ATTACK A MINIVAN CARRYING ANTI-ALQAEDA PASSENGERS AND KILL ALL 13 )
JUNE 2007 : (SUICIDE BOMBER BLOWS HIMSELF UP IN A BAGHDAD HOTEL LOBBY AS THE US WAS A MEETING THERE WITH ANTI-ALQAEDA SUNNI LEADERS KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING 27; AMONG THE DEAD IS A KEY ALLY OF ABU RISHA)
SEPTEMBER 3, 2007 : (ABU RISHA MEETS WITH BUSH AT AL-ASAD AIR BASE )
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 : (ABU RISHA IS ASSASSINATED BY ALQAEDA-IN-IRAQ WHEN AFTER RECEIVING A GROUP OF POOR PEOPLE IN HIS HOME FOR RAMADAN; AN OFFICIAL IN ABU RISHA BLAMES ONE OF THEM OF PLANTING THE BOMB BUT LATER CONFESSES THAT HE DID IT AFTER ALQAEDA OFFERED HIM $1.5 MILLION TO DO THE DEED)
[THAT’S A LOT OF DOUGH FOR AN INSURGENCY TO OFFER - MAYBE AL DHOURI OR SOME RADICALS FROM THE WEST PROVIDED IT?]