At least 41 Iraqis were killed and 154 more were wounded in attacks that focused on Sunni towns south of Baghdad.

A bodyguard working one of Iraq’s two vice presidents was among the eight killed in Iraq today. Another three people were wounded.

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At least six Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in violence that rattled the start of Ramadan. Another seven Iraqis were killed in Damasus, Syria. Meanwhile, the tense border situation is making the journey home for returning Iraqis more chaotic and dangerous.

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Iraqi border guards described a horrific scene, in which 22 Syrians were exectuted, they said happened just across the border in Syria. Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and four more were wounded in Iraq itself.