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Iraq violence killed more than 1,000 in June: U.N.

Jun 24, 2014, 9:03 AM EDT
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 21: An Iraqi flag pokes up from a gun barrel as Iraqi Shiites of the Mahdi Army militia loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr vow to fight ISIS in a show of strength in a military parade on June 21, 2024 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq. In a lightning advance, the Al Qaeda-inspired Sunni jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have taken control of western and central sectors of Iraq, and vowed to attack Shiite shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf. Credit Scott P
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The United Nations says more than 1,000 people have been killed in Iraq this month, most of them civilians, as Sunni Islamist insurgents have taken over most of the country’s north.

Background:

Kurdish leader warns Kerry of challenges of ‘new’ Iraq [NYTimes]
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