6 SUNNIS SLAIN BY SHIITES

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Glens Falls, New York :: Saturday, March 3, 2007

6 Sunnis Slain for Talking With Shiites

By LAUREN FRAYER
Saturday, March 3, 2007 7:36 AM EST
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Six Sunni men who received death threats for meeting with local Shiites were killed Saturday in execution-style slayings, police said.

The attack near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of the Iraqi capital, were apparently connected to rising sectarian violence that has included the claimed abduction and execution Friday of at least 14 members of the Shiite-led security forces.

The men gunned down Saturday _ all relatives from the Mashhada tribe _ were killed after gunmen stormed the family's house at dawn, police said.

The victims in Youssifiyah were separated from women and children and shot dead in their home, police said.

Their bodies were transferred to a hospital morgue in the neighboring town of Mahmoudiyah, where AP Television News footage showed them wrapped in blankets and lined up on the metal floor of a refrigeration chamber. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs.

The motive of the brutal attack could not be independently verified. But police, citing information from surviving relatives, said the victims had received threats from Sunni insurgents after participating in a reconciliation conference with Shiites last month.

The conference was held in Mahmoudiyah in late February.
Well, well, no surprise here. Muslim killing Muslim. Just for going to a reconcilition conference. Truly the religion of peace, love and tolerance.