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Iraq |
Brother of Iraqi Sunni leader killed |
2006-04-18 |
![]() The discovery, after gunmen shot dead the brother of leading Sunni politician Tareq Hashemi on Thursday, threatens to intensify sectarian tensions between Iraq's majority Shiite community and minority Sunni Arabs. The bodies of 12 shooting victims, some showing signs of torture, were found in different areas of Baghdad on Monday, interior ministry sources said. Highlighting Iraq's security crisis, about 50 insurgents mounted a brazen attack on Iraqi forces in Baghdad early on Monday, prompting US troops to provide support in a battle that lasted seven hours, said an American military spokesman. The guerrillas attacked Iraqi forces in the mostly Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya in northern Baghdad overnight, forcing other Iraqi toops to come to their aid. Five rebels were killed and one member of the Iraqi forces was wounded. There were no US casualties, said the spokesman. "It was quite a battle. It lasted seven hours," said the spokesman. |
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