Gunmen raided two Shiite homes in Diyala province, a hotbed of Iraq’s Sunni-Arab insurgency, and shot and killed 21 men in front of their relatives, police said Saturday. The attack by suspected insurgents on Friday night targeted members of the al-Sawed Shiite tribe in the village of Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his own security, as officials often do in the increasingly volatile province. Full Story
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