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Gunmen in Military Uniforms Kill 25 in Iraqi Village

     03 April 2010

   Iraqi  officials  say  gunmen  wearing  military uniforms have stormed
   three  houses  in  a  Sunni  village near Baghdad, killing at least 25
   people.
   Police  say  the victims, including five women, were handcuffed before
   being  shot  in the head late Friday in the Arab Jabour area, south of
   the  capital.  Several others with their hands bound were found alive
   after the killings.
   Iraqi  officials cordoned off the area and detained at least 17 people
   in connection with the murders.
   Officials say many of the dead were members of the Awakening movement,
   government-backed  Sunni  militias  that  helped U.S. and Iraqi forces
   fight  al-Qaida  in  2006  and 2007.  The former Sunni insurgents are
   credited with helping drastically reduce violence in Iraq.

   Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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