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| Iraq Attacks Kill at Least Seven |
| 2014-03-24 |
| [An Nahar] At least seven people were killed on Sunday in a series of attacks in Iraq, most of which were concentrated in predominantly Sunni areas north of the capital, officials said. The latest unrest is part of a sustained surge in bloodshed that is Iraq's worst since 2008, when it was emerging from a brutal sectarian war, and which has left more than 2,000 people dead already this year. It has primarily been driven by anger in the minority Sunni Arab community, which alleges it is unfairly targeted by the Shiite-led government and security forces, as well as spillover from the civil war in neighboring Syria. The deadliest of Sunday's violence struck in the restive northern province of Nineveh, where three separate attacks killed four people, including two soldiers who were on patrol in the south of the province. Elsewhere in Iraq, a roadside kaboom in Tikrit, also north of Storied Baghdad, killed two civilians, while a university professor was rubbed out in the Shiite-majority city of Kut, south of the capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |