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Iraq: Scores Killed in Sectarian Clashes

HeadlineApr 26, 2013

In Iraq, some 190 people have died in four days of violence. Clashes began Tuesday when troops raided a Sunni protest encampment in Hawija, but violence has erupted in other areas amid mounting tensions between Sunni groups and the Shiite-led government. Reuters said this week’s violence was the most widespread since U.S. combat troops withdrew in December 2011.

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