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Gunmen kill 25 in Iraqi village
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April 05, 2010
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Iraqi police officials stated on Saturday that gunmen wearing military
uniforms have killed 25 people, including five women, in a Friday night
attack on a Sunni village named Sufia, 15 miles south of Baghdad. All
those killed were members of the Jubur tribe, which was among the last
supporters of Al-Qaeda to ally with U.S. forces, only doing so in late
2007.

Baghdad's security spokesman, Major General Qassim al-Moussawi has
stated that "At least seven people were found alive, bound with
handcuffs." In the hours after Friday night's shootings, Iraqi officials
arrested 17 suspects in the incident and cordoned off the area to search
for more. 

Most of the victims in the attack were local members of the Sons of
Iraq, a group which helped U.S. and Iraqi forces since 2006 to suppress
insurgent activity. They were found handcuffed with broken arms or legs,
and with gun wounds in either the chest or the head.  This marks part of
the large amount of dead last month, 367, which is the fourth month
where the amount dead by insurgent attacks has been higher than in
mid-war.

==Sources==
* http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/03/2863611.htm
* http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/03/gunmen-kill-25-in-iraqi-village/
* http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100403/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaeda
* http://www.rferl.org/content/Gunmen_Kill_25_People_In_Iraqi_Village/2001553.html
* http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9ERICT00



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