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Article: IRAQ MILITIAS' WAVE OF DEATH SECTARIAN KILLINGS NOW SURPASS TERRORIST BOMBINGS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2006
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WASHINGTON - Nearly eight times as many Iraqis died last month in
execution-style sectarian killings as in terrorist bombings carried
out by insurgents, new US military statistics show.
US military officials and human rights monitors attribute much of
the violence to Shi'ite militias that began targeting Sunnis to
retaliate for the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shi'ite shrine.
Until now, the Sunni-led insurgency was seen as the greatest
threat to US plans in Iraq, killing hundreds and at times more than
1,000 Iraqi civilians per month. But the new figures suggest that the
Shi'ite militias, loyal to powerful Shi'ite politicians, are poised
to become as great a threat to Iraq's security.
The military ...