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World Service,28 Jun 2013,9 mins

Iraq's Sectarian Violence

Witness History

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The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07. We hear from May Witwit, an Iraqi academic who lived throught that bloody period. She eventually fled the country, after seeing her name on a militia hit list. (Photo: Iraqi women mourn the death of their murdered relatives, Nov 2006. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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