they slit the throat of a woman and her three CHILDREN because she allegedly 'cooperated' with the us
Mother, 3 children slaughtered in Basra
Family had fled threats over cooperation with U.S.; violence rends Baghdad
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:58 p.m. ET July 19, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Assailants slit the throats of a mother and her three children in southern Iraq, where the family had fled to escape threats that they had cooperated with the Americans.
The mother's sister was also slain in the savage attack, which occurred Wednesday in an apartment in the southern city of Basra, police said. Five other family members were rescued before they bled to death.
Officials said the family had fled Baghdad for Basra after receiving threats because they had cooperated with U.S. forces. The officials gave no further details and spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared reprisals by sectarian militias that have infiltrated Basra's police.
Sunni leaders, meanwhile, said 20 Sunnis who work for a government organization that maintains mosques and shrines of that Muslim sect were abducted in two areas of Baghdad. Sunni officials demanded the Shiite-led security forces do more to stop sectarian kidnappings and killings.....
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