Video Claims to Show Shia Forces in Iraq Executing Sunni Boy

A graphic mobile phone video is spreading on the Internet purporting to show Iraqi forces and Shia militia executing a handcuffed Sunni boy. While not yet independently confirmed, the brutal killing already has gotten the attention of Islamic State followers on social media. It threatens to worsen a sectarian divide that already has enabled IS to spread across large swaths of Iraq. And U.S. officials also concerned it could allow the terror group to cement its hold on some predominantly...

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