Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20

By Sinan Salaheddin

Published May 11, 2014 8:36pm ET

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Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20 — A man sits in front of his shop that was damaged in a Saturday car bomb attack near a Kebab restaurant, in the mainly Shiite Habibiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 11, 2014. A series of bombings on Saturday in Iraq killed and wounded scores of people, a day after army shelling killed many civilians and gunmen in the militant-held city of Fallujah, authorities said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) | Karim Kadim

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants in Iraq launched an audacious attack on a military barracks in a remote area in the country’s north and killed 20 troops overnight, including some who had been bound and shot at close range, authorities said Sunday as other attacks killed 18.

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