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Tribal clashes kill at least 16 people in Iraq

None | ByReuters, Baghdad
May 24, 2006 12:54 PM IST

Eighteen people were wounded in on Tuesday's fighting in a village close to the town of Suwayra.

Clashes between two rival tribes south of Baghdad have killed around 16 people, police sources said on Wednesday.

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Eighteen people were wounded in on Tuesday's fighting in a village close to the town of Suwayra, about 40 km south of the capital.

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One police source said the violence was linked to land disputes between the two feuding tribes.

Another source said it might have been a clash between a Shi'ite and a Sunni tribe.

An agency reporter saw 14 bodies that had been taken to Suwayra's hospital.

Police arrested 10 people, a police source said, adding the police and army were now in control of the situation.

While guerrilla and sectarian attacks have killed thousands of people in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, large-scale fighting between tribes is unusual.

New Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has vowed to use "maximum force against terrorists", this week said his forces could take charge of security in most of the country by the end of this year. 

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