[RTK]

This is not good news. Or does it embolden the Anbar Tribes more?

The most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against Al Qaeda in Iraq was killed Thursday by a bomb planted near his home in Anbar Province, 10 days after he met with President George W. Bush, Iraqi and U.S. officials said.

Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha and two of his bodyguards were killed by a roadside bomb planted near the tribal leader's home in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar, said Tareq Youssef, head of the Anbar police.