More than 100 chieftains from Diala province stage hunger strike demanding government to end Al-Qaeda's grip in Iraq.

A relative of Fatima Adnan, 2, holds her little body. She was killed by al-Qaida militant attacks.

In the meantime, Voices of Iraq reports that more than 100 chieftains representing Diala province staged a hunger strike to get government to end al-Qaeda's the Islamic State in Iraq:

"More than 100 chieftains representing Diala, who are at a sit-in for the 4th day running in Baghdad, protesting the deteriorating security situation in their province, will start a hunger strike tomorrow until their demands are met," Sheikh Ibrahim Ali Zidan al-Ankabi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

He explained that the angry protestors demanded the government to wage a military campaign in Diala to out an end to al-Qaeda's the Islamic State in Iraq, restrict the possession of arms to security personnel, and cancel the popular committees which have been established in the province. "More than 100 chieftains from Diala staged a sit-in in Dananir Hall in central Baghdad's al-Rasheed Hotel, following talks with the government over improvising security conditions in Diala," a source from the Diala awakening council told the VOI last Friday.

Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km
northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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