Iraq militants seize village as 18 killed in nationwide attacks

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eI7rGgujCF1V04x_CVazOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPIntEn/d5d691efd4396ae5add8f34708a256201dabc64c.jpg (http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/iraq-militants-seize-village-18-killed-nationwide-attacks-130724939.html)Militants seized a village in **rth Iraq on Friday as attacks nationwide killed 18 people, including 10 policemen, amid a surge in bloodshed ahead of parliamentary elections. The latest unrest comes barely a week before campaigning begins for the April 30 election due to take place as Iraq grapples with its worst protracted bloodletting since a brutal 2006-07 Sunni-Shiite sectarian war in which tens of thousands of people were killed. The unrest has been primarily driven by anger in the mi**rity Sunni Arab community, which alleges discrimination at the hands of the Shiite-led government and security forces, as well as by the civil war in neighbouring Syria. Shootings and bombings on Friday mostly took place in Sunni-majority parts of **rthern and western Iraq, killing 18 people and wounding 55, security and medical officials said.




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