Almost 1000 have been killed in Iraq in the past month-BBC

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10/5/13, "Iraq violence: Attack kills dozens of Shia pilgrims," BBC

"Almost 1,000 people were killed in Iraq during the past month alone, the UN has said, amid fears of a return to the sectarian conflict that peaked in 2008.
 
Violence rose after an army raid on a Sunni Arab anti-government protest camp in April." (end of article)

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