Funeral bombing, other attacks kill 14 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: A triple bombing struck the funeral of the son of an anti-al-Qaida tribal leader northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, one of several attacks across the country that left 14 people dead, Iraqi officials said.

The blasts hit a gathering of mourners in Wajihiya, some 80 kilometers (45 miles) from the capital, killing 11 and wounding 45.

The funeral was for a tribal sheik's son who died a day earlier. Police said the father was a member of Sahwa, which had joined forces with US troops at the height of the Iraq war to fight al-Qaida. Iraqi troops and Sahwa fighters have been a favorite target for insurgents, who consider them to be traitors. It was not clear how the son died.

Two policemen were killed and three others were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Baghdad's western suburbs of Abu Ghraib, said police and hospital officials.

In Fallujah, police said, gunmen shot dead cleric Khalid al-Jumeili, an organizer of the western city's protest camp, in a drive-by shooting.

Medics at nearby hospitals confirmed the casualty figures for all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.