Iraq has been engulfed in political and sectarian violence for months.
MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
See also...
17 killed in Iraqi violence
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
Militants behead, shoot Iraqi soldiers, killing 14
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/11/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
Bombings rip Baghdad; deaths reported
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/06/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
Scores killed, more than 120 wounded in day of carnage across Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
