Gunmen takeover a police vehicle in Ramadi on Dec. 30, 2013, as fighting broke out when Iraqi police moved to dismantle a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said. (ALI AL-MASHHADANI/Reuters)
Fighting Erupts As Iraq Police Break Up Sunni Protest Camp -- Daily Star/Reuters
RAMADI, Iraq: Fighting erupted when Iraqi police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said.
The camp has been an irritant to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite Muslim-led government since Sunni protesters set it up a year ago to demonstrate against what they see as marginalisation of their sect.
The operation triggered an immediate political backlash as dozens of Sunni lawmakers offered their resignations.
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My Comment: This raid is only going to inflame sectarian tensions.
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