AP: 26 Sunnis Killed in Sectarian Violence

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26 Sunnis Killed in Sectarian Violence

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct 15, 2006 (AP)— Suspected Shiite militiamen killed 26 Sunni
Arabs in a city north of Baghdad that has been seized by a rash of sectarian
bloodletting, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, reported the deaths of a Marine and four soldiers.

The killings in Balad on Saturday were in apparent retaliation for the slayings
of 17 Shiites whose decapitated bodies were found in an orchard on the town's
outskirts Friday. An outbreak of sectarian violence has killed 43 people so far
in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad.

Extra police flooded into the city and a curfew was imposed, Interior Ministry
spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said. Additional security measures were taken
in other villages in the predominantly Sunni area, a hotbed of the insurgency
battling U.S. and Iraqi forces.

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Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2569094

The article continues with details of the U.S. casualties and
other incidents around Iraq.

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1. AP: 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Fighting

Associated Press
2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Fighting
10.15.2006, 04:14 AM

A U.S. Marine and an Army soldier have been killed in fighting
in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

The Marine, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, died Saturday
from injuries sustained in fighting in al-Anbar province, the
military said in a statement late Saturday.

The Army soldier died Friday evening after his vehicle was hit
by a roadside bomb southwest of Baghdad.

Their names were withheld pending notification of family members.

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2. I like how the Iraqi's get the first mention in the article

and our troops are mentioned later in the story. The deaths of five soldiers should be the top story. They have been doing this all along. You have to read all of the articles on the Iraqi deaths and you will find mention of our troops buried somewhere in there. It makes me sick. I really don't care about the Iraqi's killing each other right now. I know that may sound harsh, but I just care about our troops and I want them out of this mess.