UN calls for restraint in Iraq after days of clashes


Matthew 24:7  ‘Nation will rise against Nation and Kingdom Against Kingdom.’

Anti-government protesters in the Iraqi town of Falluja (26 April 2013)

The UN envoy to Iraq has called for restraint by all sides amid a wave of violence that has left more than 150 people dead since Tuesday.

Martin Kobler urged leaders “not to let anger win over peace”, warning that their country was “at a crossroads”.

Earlier, at least five people were killed by a series of bomb blasts at Sunni mosques in the capital, Baghdad.

Government forces also entered the northern town of Suleiman Beg, a day after it was seized by Sunni gunmen.

Officials said the gunmen had withdrawn after a deal with tribal leaders.

The incident followed clashes in several Iraqi towns and cities, which were sparked by an army raid on an anti-government protest camp near another northern town, Hawija, on Tuesday that left 50 people dead.

Although the violence is below the heights of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, it is the most widespread since US troops withdrew in 2011.

BBC News 



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