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BAGHDAD (AP) \u2013 The number of Iraqis slain \u201cexecution-style\u201d surged last month, the U.N. said Sunday, raising fears of a return of the death squads that killed thousands during the darkest days of sectarian violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion.<\/p>\n

The increase in targeted killings comes even though the U.N. reported that the overall death toll for November dropped to 659, compared with 979 in October. More than 8,000 people have been killed since the start of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAGHDAD (AP) – The number of Iraqis slain “execution-style” surged last month, the U.N. said Sunday, raising fears of a return of the death squads that killed thousands during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-15405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-a-world","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Execution-style\u2019 killings up in Iraq - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BAGHDAD (AP) \u2013 The number of Iraqis slain \u201cexecution-style\u201d surged last month, the U.N. said Sunday, raising fears of a return of the death squads that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/execution-style-killings-up-in-iraq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Execution-style\u2019 killings up in Iraq - 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