Dozens dead in Iraq 'revenge' attack

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At least 31 people have been killed by fighters shouting "revenge" in a retaliatory attack for the slaying of 14 Shia workers, according to witnesses in a town north of Baghdad.

The fighters set up fake check points following the killing of the 14 workers who were found on Friday in a nearby orchard with their throats slit and hands and legs bound.

The Shia labourers, who were from Balad, a town 80 km north of Baghdad, were found in nearby Dhuluiya, a mostly Sunni town where the two communities are separated by the Tigris River.

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At least five American soldiers died on Saturday, including the three killed south of Baghdad when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.

al Jazeera