Unidentified assailants have assassinated Shaykh Sha'lan Munif al-Faysal, better known as Sha'lan al-Jarbah, one of the tribal chieftains of Shammar, a big Iraqi tribe, in Iraq. News reports said that the incident took place in the city of Mosul when gunmen attacked the car in which Sha'lan al-Jarbah was travelling and exchanged fire with him. As a result, Al-Jarbah and his driver as well as one of the assailants were killed. Sources said there were conflicting reports on the motives for the assassination. Some people said that the assassination is a crime, whereas others said that the incident is probably...