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| At least 26 people have been killed after Iraqi security forces stormed a Sunni Muslim anti-government protest camp near Kirkuk, sparking a gun battle between troops and protesters, local officials and military sources said. | At least 26 people have been killed after Iraqi security forces stormed a Sunni Muslim anti-government protest camp near Kirkuk, sparking a gun battle between troops and protesters, local officials and military sources said. |
| Iraq's defence ministry gave no official death toll but said troops responded after coming under fire from gunmen in the makeshift camp in a public square in Hawija, near Kirkuk, 100 miles (70km) north of Baghdad. | |
| Protest leaders said they were unarmed when security forces opened fire during the early morning raid. | Protest leaders said they were unarmed when security forces opened fire during the early morning raid. |
| Demonstrators and local officials gave conflicting accounts of the number of casualties but at least three military sources said six troops and 20 demonstrators were killed in the clashes. | Demonstrators and local officials gave conflicting accounts of the number of casualties but at least three military sources said six troops and 20 demonstrators were killed in the clashes. |
| Thousands of Sunni Muslims have protested in recent months in several Iraqi provinces to demand an end to perceived marginalisation of their sect by Nuri al-Maliki's Shia-led government. | |
| Many Sunnis say they have been sidelined since the US-led 2003 invasion that ousted Sunni strongman Saddam Hussein and allowed the shia majority to gain power through elections. | |
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