Ten-strong Iraqi family murdered in sectarian cleansing

[Barrett808]

Ten-strong Iraqi family murdered in sectarian cleansing
by Ammar Karim
Sat Oct 14, 8:18 AM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen have murdered a Shiite family of 10 just south of Baghdad in part of the bloody campaign of sectarian cleansing that is plaguing rural areas outside the Iraqi capital.

Late on Friday night, gunmen attacked a farmhouse in Saifiyah and killed an entire family, including five women and three children, in an attack apparently motivated by sectarian hatred.

The Shiite village is located in a mostly Sunni area, and for the past month gunmen believed to have links to local Sunni tribes have been attacking Shiite villagers, storming isolated farmhouses and killing the occupants.

Bands of Shiite militiamen arrived from Baghdad a week ago and engaged the tribesmen in a gunbattle that eventually prompted the intervention of US forces.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061014/ts_afp/iraqunrest

[Demeter]

1. For God's Sake Get the US OUT of There

so that our complicity in this bloodbath comes to an end!

[midnight]

8. Exactly! Bring our troops home now!!!!!!

[rodeodance]

2. what will it take? obviously 2/3 of a million iraqi dead is not enough

[mirandapriestly]

3. Yeah, sure it's "sectarian"...eom

[aquart]

4. Okay, remind me. Saddam was which group?

And Iran is which group?

[brentspeak]

5. The neocons knew the entire region was a cesspool of savagery

And yet, they insisted on kicking the hornet's nest.

[AlamoDemoc]

6. SAD...very sad indeed.....Bring the troops home NOW

[keta11]

7. Republicans would have shut down the government

if it were Clinton that pulled this Iraq stunt!!