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| Insurgents killed in Iraq clashes | |
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| At least 14 suspected Sunni insurgents have been killed in a clash with US-backed Sunni militiamen in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | |
| The fighting reportedly broke out after the insurgents emerged from a container vehicle at a checkpoint. | |
| Earlier, at least 16 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a police recruitment centre in the northern town of Sinjar, west of Mosul. | |
| The area is home to many members of Iraq's Yazidi minority. | |
| In August last year some 400 people were killed there in multiple bomb attacks targeting the Yazidis. | |
| Two policemen were among those killed by the suicide attacker. The other victims were in the process of being recruited into the force. | |
| Mosul is considered by American and Iraqi military officials to be the last urban stronghold of al-Qaeda in Iraq. | |
| Iraqi and US forces have been conducting a major crackdown against Sunni insurgents in the area since mid-May. | Iraqi and US forces have been conducting a major crackdown against Sunni insurgents in the area since mid-May. |