Iraqi army soldiers learn how to use a round extractor during a mortar range field training exercise on Saber Range outside Mansurya village in Diyala province, Iraq, April 4, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo OlgiatiMurky Origins Of Iraq Attacks Stir Foreboding -- Reuters
BAGHDAD, April 14 (Reuters) - A series of bombings and clashes between Sunni militias and Shi'ite-led government forces have stirred a sense of foreboding in Iraq ahead of a national election and the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Violence in Iraq remains sharply down on past years, when most attacks were blamed on al Qaeda or Shi'ite militias, but uncertainty about the origins of the recent violence has led to an incendiary mix of conspiracy theories and accusations.
Many fear too much emphasis has been placed on grooming Iraq's security forces and too little on forging political compromise between ethnic and sectarian groups.
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