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Militants massacre Iraq soldiers
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This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)
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An image uploaded on June 14 on the jehadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) riding in a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. A major offensive spearheaded by ISIL but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others since it was launched on June 9. AFP Photo/HO/Welayat Salahuddin
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This image appears to show ISIS militants leading away captured Iraqi soldiers. Foreign fighters from dozens of nations are pouring into the West Asia to join the Sunni militants. (AP/PTI Photo)
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This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leading captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes to an open field moments before shooting them in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)
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An Iraqi soldier waves as trucks carrying volunteers to fight alongside the Iraqi security forces against Jihadist militants leave a recruitment center on June 15, 2014 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Faced with a militant offensive sweeping south toward Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the Iraqi government would arm and equip civilians who volunteer to fight, and thousands have signed up. AFP Photo
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This image posted on a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show Islamic State militants leading away captured Iraqi soldiers in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)
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