At Least 20 People Killed in Attacks Across Iraq - Police

At least 20 people were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Monday that included the seizure by gunmen of a television station, the targeting of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims and a desert offensive by the army.   Two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, violence is at its highest levels since the sectarian bloodshed of 2006-7, when tens of thousands of people were killed.   Al-Qaida-linked Sunni militants have recently stepped up attacks on Iraqi security...

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