Sects unite to battle Al Qaeda in Iraq Los Angeles Times CA For commanders in areas where Sunni Shiite warring had brought normal life to a standstill unexpected flowering of sectarian cooperation has proved a Baghdad Residents Return Warily TIME But a more decisive influence may be groups of Sunni fighters who decided that AQI was a greater threat than Shi'ite government similar to what took Trial n for Iraqi Officials The Associated Press Al Maliki a fellow Shiite who won office in part because of support from al Sadr's followers is under strong US pressure to crack down on Shiite militias all stories on this topic Will Baghdad's Relative Quiet Last? The Associated Press fear: Sunni & Shiite extremist groups responsible for carnage are still around bloodied but not destroyed & many of key power sharing all stories on this topic Pakistan locks down area quells unrest: residents Streets were deserted & shops schools & offices closed down under an indefinite curfew after a weekend of violence that saw rival Sunni & Shiite Iraq credits Iran with helping to improve its security Kansas City Star MO highway leading to Shiite shrine cities in south Sunni extremists would often waylay travelers along that road kidnapping & killing Shiites Ordinary life is returning to Iraqi capital Arizona Republic Phoenix AZ in sectarian killings may be that violence that raged through Baghdad's neighborhoods has already segregated Sunni & Shiite communities As violence eases Baghdad's ambulance drivers relax International Herald Tribune France When we evacuate someone who is wounded or killed we don't know whether he is Sunni or Shiite We do not want to know because our job is for all people Clashes between Sunni Shiite Muslims leave dead in northwest Canadian Press PESHAWAR Pakistan Rival Sunni & Shiite Muslims are battling again in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left US Says Iraq Attacks Down Percent Associated Press A parked car bomb exploded in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad killing at least seven people wounding & damaging several cars & Scores killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan International Herald Tribune France International Herald Tribune AP ISLAMABAD: Fierce battles between Sunni & Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's volatile northwest have left people dead bodies found in Baghdad house Los Angeles Times CA A mass grave containing at least bodies also believed to be victims of sectarian killings was discovered Nov by joint Iraqi US forces in a Sunni area Mass Grave Found in Southern Baghdad Associated Press Last Tuesday International Red Cross said at least people were missing in Iraq many of them victims of Sunni & Shiite extremists who Life returns to Baghdad's streets Chicago Tribune United States drop in kind of mass casualty bombings inflicted by Al Qaeda on Shiite community that ignited Shiite rage has also removed one of chief Sectarian violence leaves dead in Pak NDTV com New Delhi India Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a van on Saturday killing people & injuring several others in Kurrum Agency state run PTV reported US General: Roadside Bombs Down in Iraq Associated Press Iranian officials have publicly denied smuggling weapons to Shiite extremists But US authorities insist penetrator bombs are signature weapon of Shiite US forces accused of killing Sunni allies Seattle Times United States By Leila Fadel & Mohammed al Dulaimy BAGHDAD Members of a Sunni Muslim group formed with US backing to fight Sunni militants charged Wednesday that a Biddle: Security Political Improvements n in Iraq in Recent Months Council on Foreign Relations New York NY In course of all that they made themselves look like a bigger threat to Sunni population in Iraq than us or even than Shiite government Bomb explodes near Green Zone News South Africa Meanwhile clashes were under way in two villages one Shiite & one mixed east of Baqouba Diyala's provincial capital Police said al Qaeda in Iraq FEATURE Iraq's displaced struggle to restart their lives Reuters A week later dozens of Sunni militants attacked Nahrawan at dusk killing Shi'ite workers at a brick factory & at a nearby power station

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