New savage twist to violence in Baghdad (AP)

by Populux | November 24, 2006 at 05:06 pm
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By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 1 minute ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Revenge-seeking Shiite militiamen seized six Sunnis as they left Friday prayers, drenched them with kerosene and burned them alive, and Iraqi soldiers did nothing to stop the attack, police and witnesses said. The fiery slayings in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Hurriyah were a dramatic escalation of the brutality coursing through the Iraqi capital, coming a day after suspected Sunni insurgents killed 215 people in ...
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