Iraqi Shiites say driven from homes in Sunni area

By DIAA HADIDEMAD MATTI

Published June 22, 2014 7:54pm ET

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Iraqi Shiites say driven from homes in Sunni area — KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — The insurgents came at midday, walking across a canal, advancing under cover of mortar fire toward the cluster of three Iraqi villages. Within eight hours, Shiite residents who fled said the Sunni insurgents had expelled thousands of them from the majority-Sunni province, helped by local Sunnis in neighboring villages. “You cannot […]

KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — The insurgents came at midday, walking across a canal, advancing under cover of mortar fire toward the cluster of three Iraqi villages.

Within eight hours, Shiite residents who fled said the Sunni insurgents had expelled thousands of them from the majority-Sunni province, helped by local Sunnis in neighboring villages.

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