#Iraq army presses #Anbar assault as unrest kills six
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A suicide bombing and shelling in Iraq’s Anbar province killed six people as security forces pressed an assault on Friday aimed at ending a bloody weeks-long standoff with militants on Baghdad’s doorstep. The intensifying violence, which has already killed more than 600 people nationwide this month, has fueled fears Iraq is slipping back into all-out sectarian war with little appetite for compromise among the country’s political leaders ahead of a general election scheduled for April. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and other diplomats have urged Baghdad to pursue political reconciliation. read more