BAGHDAD -- Shiite militants and police enraged by deadly truck bombings went on a shooting rampage against Sunnis in a northwestern Iraqi city Wednesday, killing as many as 70 men execution-style and prompting fears that sectarian violence was spreading outside the capital.
Gen. Khourshid al-Douski, the Iraqi army commander in charge of the area, said 70 were shot in the back of the head and 40 people were kidnapped. A senior hospital official in Tal Afar, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, said 45 men were killed.
I don't know what kind of math the Washington Post is using but the headline of "dozens" is misleading given the count of those killed is between 45 and 70.
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"Sectarian" says it all.
Maybe we should agree to the partitioning and let these savages to themselves.
Of course, the Kurds have most of the oil. . .
My very wise Congressperson said that Iraq could one day return to the way it was before where all the sects got along. I am not sure when that was exactly, but she has more information than I do so it must be true.
It does suck that we are immune to the violence and death. It is a sad and ignorant country that we have become
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