Rival Sunni groups clash in Iraq
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Sunni fighters in Baghdad fight militants linked to al-Qaeda in a sign of growing splits among insurgents.
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Clashes erupted between US forces and Iraqi fighters on Tuesday after two car bombs exploded in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad. Ramadi is one of the Sunni Triangle cities where US and Iraqi forces are planning
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Violence flared across Sunni areas of Iraq on Saturday as insurgents attacked U.S.-backed forces near Baquba and fighting erupted in Ramadi. A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside blast north of Baghdad and while 17 bodies were discovered in Mosul.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult in two southern cities on Friday in which at least 14 people were killed and scores wounded, officials said.
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At least six people are killed in clashes between police and members of an Shia cult in southern Iraq, officials say.
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Sunni Muslims expressed outrage Saturday over an assault by Iraqi National Guard troops, backed by US soldiers, on their most revered mosque in Baghdad.
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American and Iraqi forces met some resistance today as they swept into a predominantly Sunni neighborhood.
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Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi is a leader of a Sunni Arab tribe that is fighting, at least for now, on the side of the Shiite-led Iraqi government and the American military.
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BAGHDAD, March 1 -- Iraqi security forces backed by Sunni tribesmen killed dozens of suspected Sunni insurgents over several hours of fighting Wednesday in a village in western Iraq, Iraqi police officials said Thursday.
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Violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday as a tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults in a string of major cities, from Ramadi to Falluja to Baghdad.
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Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds at a time when tensions throughout Lebanon threaten the country's fragile sectarian and political balance.
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Sunni extremists with links to al-Qaida say Baghdad attack was in retaliation for rape of Sunni woman.
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Analysis: As both Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, the raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready to handle their own security
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In Iraq, the Sunnis are the targets of an intimidation campaign by insurgents using violence to disrupt the elections. Under threat of death, they have been warned not to run, not to vote, not to participate.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents plowed a car bomb into a bus carrying Kurdish militiamen in northern Iraq yesterday, while Sunni and Shi'ite militias fought a pitched battle south of Baghdad. The day's violence, which killed dozens, underscored the continuing rise in ethnic and sectarian tensions as Iraq heads toward nationwide elections in January.
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Bombers and gunmen killed 40 people in attacks on Shi'ite worshippers marking the religious Ashura ritual on Tuesday, amid heightened tension between Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslim community and once-dominant Sunni Arabs.
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Violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday as a tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults in several major cities, including