Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - - Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country on Sunday, police and local officials said. Full story
Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred. Full story
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. Full story
Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left after Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. Full story
Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. Full story
Atrocity in Syria: Entire families massacred
NYT: A massacre in which entire families were executed has revealed new depths of ruthlessness in Syria’s war, inflaming sectarian divisions and making any hope of reconciliation appear ever more distant. Full story
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Iraqi security forces storm Sunni protest camp
Deadly clashes erupt in Hawija after Iraqi security forces raid the Sunni protester camp located north of Baghdad. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Ten years later: What’s the state of security in Iraq?
Col. Jack Jacobs, author Michael Kamber and The Washington Post’s Rajiv Chandrasekaran talk about the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War and whether it was worth it.
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