Gunmen Execute 47 At Fake Iraqi Police Checkpoint...

Gunmen Execute 47 At Fake Iraqi Police Checkpoint...

Clashes between rival Muslim sects and other violence Thursday killed more than 100 people across Iraq, including several Sunni Arab clerics, and left dozens of Sunni mosques in ruins or occupied by Shiite Muslim militias, a day after bombers destroyed a revered Shiite shrine.

In the day's bloodiest attack, 47 people were forced from their vehicles by gunmen, who shot them dead and dumped their bodies in a ditch near Baqubah, north of Baghdad. The victims included Sunnis and Shiites, many of whom were on their way to attend a protest against Wednesday's bombing in the city of Samarra, according to Gen. Amir al-Jubouri, police chief in Diyala province.

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