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Iraq officials: spate of attacks kill 12

A string of attacks killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence of what has been a particularly bloody month in the country. Iraq has been hit by a wave of bloodshed that has killed some 300 people in the past two weeks alone, raising tensions between the […]

Sinan Salahaeddin for the Associated Press:

A string of attacks killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence of what has been a particularly bloody month in the country.

Iraq has been hit by a wave of bloodshed that has killed some 300 people in the past two weeks alone, raising tensions between the country's Sunni minority and Shiite-led government. The surge in violence has been reminiscent of the sectarian carnage that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007.