BAGHDAD, Iraq -- centurys of Iraqi ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- centurys of Iraqi tribal chiefs gave support Saturday to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation plan, while the guidance leader called the release of a leading Sunni Arab lawmaker at kidnappers a gift to his unity campaign.

After a relative become calm in violence Friday, 26 were reported killed in almost a dozen attacks around Iraq that showed there will be no quick fall of the curtain to sectarian and political strife.

Al-Maliki won endorsement of his program for bridging religious, ethnic and political divisions at a national talk of tribal chiefs.

The chiefs also pledg to "work hard to stop the bloodletting and . . sectarian killings that have nothing to do with our values."

The plan put forwards amnesty to members of the Sunni-led insurgency not involved in terrorism, calls for disarming primarily Shiite sectarian militias and promises to compensate families of Iraqis killed from U.S. and government forces.

Later, al-Maliki got another boost when kidnappers fre Sunni lawmaker Tayseer al-Mashhadani, who is from the same tribe as the parliament speaker, Mahmud Mashhadani, on the other hand isn't related to him. She was abducted July 1

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