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Iraq'd - Massacre In Diyala

AP Via Yahoo: Dozens of Shiite villagers in the north were massacred by Sunni extremists, two officials said Tuesday, while a car bomb exploded acro

AP Via Yahoo:

Dozens of Shiite villagers in the north were massacred by Sunni extremists, two officials said Tuesday, while a car bomb exploded across the street from the Iranian Embassy in the heart of Baghdad and killed four civilians.

Police Col. Ragheb Radhi al-Omairi said 29 members of a Shiite tribe were massacred overnight in Diyala province when dozens of suspected Sunni gunmen raided their village near Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad. The dead included four women, al-Omairi said.

An Iraqi army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to release the information, said the attack occurred in the village of Diwailiya and that at least 10 bodies were mutilated in the hour-long raid. Read more...

(Nicole: IraqSlogger notes 158 Iraqis killed; 268 Iraqis wounded and 2 American troops reported killed. Is that progress?  UPDATE:  This is the same Diyala President Bush has been holding up as a success story from Iraq.)

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