Violence surge in restive Iraq’s Mosul and Falluja

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Source: Azzaman (Iraq Daily)

The cities of Mosul and Falluja have been the scene of violent attacks targeting Iraqi troops and civilians among Muslim clerics in the past few days.

Scores of people were killed or injured in these attacks.

In Mosul a senior Muslim cleric was killed along with an army officer and numerous soldiers.

The Imam (cleric) of a mosque in al-Zahra neighborhood in Mosul, Sheikh Dawood al-Anzi, was attacked in his home and died shortly after of severe wounds, a police statement faxed to the newspaper said.

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Insurgents are reported to be attacking bridges and highways west of Baghdad, the area which almost two years ago was a haven for Iraq’s branch of al-Qaeda.

Armed groups reported to be al-Qaeda operatives now attack Sunni clerics who denounce their violence and terrorist actions.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2010-03-16\kurd.htm

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1. Post-election jockeying for power now underway.

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2. Iraq is not "restive", the "surge" worked and everything is great there now.

Just a bunch of happy campers grateful for our "help".
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