"Iraq's security forces killed at least 38 mostly Sunni protesters and gunmen in
the northern city of Hawija on Tuesday, escalating months of brewing sectarian
tensions and protests into outright armed conflict. Antiriot security forces, responding to
the killing of an Iraqi soldier several days earlier, raided the Hawija protest
camp during the early morning hours of Tuesday, according to security officials,
killing 25 people, burning tents and arresting 75. Three Iraqi soldiers were
killed in the raid." (thanks Khelil)