Iraqi rebels behead two police, #sahwa militiaman
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A series of attacks in Baghdad and areas north of the capital killed nine people on Monday, including three security forces who were beheaded, as #Iraq grapples with a months-long surge in nationwide violence. Coupled with a protracted stand-off between security forces and anti-government fighters in the western province of #Anbar, unrest this month has left more than 870 people dead. In the most brutal incident Monday, gunmen killed two policemen and an anti-Qaeda Sahwa militiaman in an attack on their joint checkpoint near Samarra and then decapitated them. read more