Iraqi tribal allies end dispute with US military

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HILLA, Iraq (AFP) — Members of an anti-Qaeda "Awakening" front in a central Iraqi village have returned to their posts after ending a dispute with the US military sparked by a deadly air raid, officials said on Tuesday.

"After (a) brief time off, they returned to their duties," a US military spokesman, navy Lieutenant Michael Street, told AFP.

Tribal leader Sabah al-Janabi, who heads the group, confirmed his men had returned to their posts after a meeting on Tuesday with US military commanders.

Around 110 members of the US-backed Awakening group in Jurf al-Sakher, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Baghdad near the city of Hilla, quit their posts on Saturday after a US helicopter raid which killed three people.

Janabi said the raid was...