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Ex-Sunni insurgent sentenced

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: November 20, 2009 at 6:15 a.m.

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced the Sunni leader of a government-allied paramilitary group to death for murder and kidnapping in a case that highlighted tensions over the treatment of former insurgents who turned against al-Qaida.

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