Iraq has been beset with political and sectarian violence for months, oftentimes pitting Sunnis -- a minority in Iraq -- against Shiite Muslims, who came to dominate the government after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003.
MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
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2 car bombs hit Iraqi Sunni neighborhoods
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
Sunnis targeted across Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
Suicide bomber kills 34 at Iraq police checkpoint
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/09/world/meast/iraq-suicide-bombing/index.html