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| Iraq Violence Kills over 30 People in 24 Hours |
| 2014-05-05 |
| [An Nahar] Violence in Iraq, including shelling in a Death Eater-held city and an attack targeting Shiite pilgrims, has killed more than 30 people in 24 hours, officials said Sunday. The bloodshed comes as officials count ballots from the April 30 general election, the first since U.S. troops withdrew in late 2011, and amid a protracted surge in nationwide unrest that has sparked fears of a return to the sectarian killing sprees of 2006-2007. While officials are quick to blame external factors like the civil war in neighboring Syria for the heightened violence, analysts and diplomats say widespread anger among the Sunni Arab minority is also a key cause. In Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... just a short drive west of Storied Baghdad, shelling in southern areas of the city killed 11 people and maimed four, Doctor Ahmed Shami said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the bombardment, which began on Saturday evening and continued into Sunday. In a sign of both the reach of anti-government turbans and the weakness of security forces, all of Fallujah and shifting parts of Anbar quiet provincial capital Ramadi, farther west, have been out of government control since early January. |
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