Shiite family of 8 killed in Iraq, some beheaded - USATODAY.com: "BAGHDAD (AP) — Eight members of one Shiite family were killed south of Baghdad on Monday in the worst incident of a bloody day across Iraq that left at least 23 dead. The spate of attacks — and the fact that some of the family were beheaded — raised fears that insurgents are trying to re-ignite sectarian warfare at a time when the country is preparing for critical March elections.
The March 7 election will determine who will oversee the country as the U.S. forces go home, and whether Iraq will be able to overcome the deep sectarian divides that almost destroyed it during the height of the fighting in past years.
A 'terrorist group' using guns fixed with silencers shot and beheaded eight members of a single family in the village of Wahda, a mixed Shiite-Sunni village 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of the capital, the Baghdad security command said in a statement.
Authorities provided no further details about how many were shot, how many beheaded and provided little other information about what they described as an 'ugly crime.'"
It has been said that the investigation is still going on to get to the bottom of these attacks. Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq said he could slow troops' exit if Iraq's politics are chaotic following the vote. Trust the United States People on this when I say. We want Our guys to come home. So we are hoping Iraq can straighten themselves out. This moment would be the right time that the Iraq military and those that keep the peace for their own country to step up and take over without the help of the American Army and soldiers. The country has to take over eventually and America can not keep holding their hand. It is time for that country to stand on their own two feet.
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