Fifteen Iraqi soldiers killed in pre-dawn attack
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A pre-dawn attack on an army encampment guarding an oil pipeline in northern #Iraq killed 15 soldiers on Tuesday as authorities grapple with near-daily attacks and running battles with militants. The latest bloodshed comes with unrest at its worst in Iraq in nearly six years, and has fueled fears that, with elections due in April, the country is on the brink of slipping back into the sectarian violence that plagued it in the years following the 2003 US-led invasion. read more