伊拉克安全官员说，武装份子星期一在巴格达以西一个居民主要为逊尼派穆斯林的村庄杀害了13个人。伊拉克在巴格达的一名陆军将领星期一说，有关官员认为这次杀人事件是部落争端引起的。
有报导指出，袭击者身穿伊拉克部队的军服，受害者被行刑式处死。
警方说，死者中至少有一人与主要的逊尼派阿拉伯人政党伊拉克伊斯兰党有关联。村民说，至少有些受害者曾经拿起武器反抗基地组织。
伊拉克的宗派关系2006年和2007年最为紧张，从那以来，宗派暴力大大减少，不过仍然继续有零星的袭击事件。
Iraqi security officials say gunmen killed 13 people Monday in a mainly Sunni village west of Baghdad. A general in the Iraqi army’s Baghdad operation said Monday that officials believe the deaths were the result of a tribal dispute.
Reports indicate the attackers were wearing Iraqi military uniforms and that the victims were shot execution-style.
Police say the dead include at least one person affiliated with the main Sunni Arab political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party. Villagers say at least some of the victims had taken up arms against al-Qaida.
Sectarian violence in Iraq has declined dramatically since the height of the tensions in 2006 and 2007, but sporadic attacks continue.