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Iraq attacks kill 70 as gunmen make gains in Anbar
By Colin Freeman

4:18PM GMT 15 Jan 2014

Iraq's prime minister warned that al-Qaeda was trying to turn a vast chunk of his country into an “evil statelet” last night after one of the worst days of violence in months.

A combination of bomb attacks and shootings claimed the lives of at least 75 people, including 18 who were killed in a blast at a funeral tent in a village near Baquba, north of Baghdad. The crowds were mourning a pro-government Sunni militiaman killed two days before

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