Iraq police: Shiite family of 6, including 4 children, gunned down in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) - Police say gunmen in Iraq have killed a Shiite family of six, including four children.

Police commander Maj. Aziz al-Amarah says the killings happened Monday afternoon about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Baghdad. He said the motive was not known.

The victims were a married couple and their four children, ages 11, 10, 9 and 6. The father owns a clothing shop in the area.

The violence comes after several bloody days in Iraq. On Friday, gunmen killed 24 villagers execution-style in a Sunni area. And suicide bombers detonated three car bombs on Sunday near foreign embassies in Baghdad, killing more than 40 people.

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[Flaneur]

1. What the heck is going on in Iraq these days?

Who is killing whom, and why?

[proteus_lives]

2. We're withdrawing. (Slowly but surely)

And it's going to be a Sunni-Shia showdown with a Kurd wild-card. It's been building since we invaded. Hell, it's been building since the days of Saddam. We're leaving, Iran is without a doubt throwing fuel on the fire and there are a lot old scores to be settled.

[ClarkUSA]

3. Survival of the fittest/Lord of the Flies/Law of the Jungle n/t