The governor of the western province of Anbar apparently died when U.S. troops were drawn into an assault against a house where Saudis and other foreign Arab fighters were holding him captive, U.S. military and Iraqi government spokesmen said Tuesday. Gov. Raja Nawaf Farhan Mahalawi, 51, found blindfolded and handcuffed to a gas canister with his head crushed, died as he lived, a family member said — caught between the foreign guerrillas he was trying to fight and the American forces he was trying to help. Full Story
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