Iraq Assassination Reignites Tensions

Monday, 14 April 2008 - posted by enqilab

Friday, Apr. 11, 2008 By ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER/BAGHDAD

Riyadh al-Nouri was several key things. He was the brother-in-law of Moqtada al-Sadr and a prominent official in the anti-American Shi'ite cleric's political organization. He was also, at one point in 2005, accused of spying for the Americans by members of his own party. And so, when he was shot and killed in the city of Kufa, reportedly by a gunman on a motorcycle, as he returned from Friday prayers,

Mourners carry the coffin of Riyadh al-Nouri there were multiple suspects.