(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Scores of bodies have been dumped in Iraq’s canals and palm groves in recent months, reminding terrified residents of the worst days of the country’s sectarian conflict and fueling fears that the stage is being set for another civil war.In the latest sign of the escalating attacks, the heads of three Sunnis were found Sunday in a market in northern Salaheddin province, while six Shiites were shot dead in the province after being questioned about their religious affiliation, officials said.The carnage has raised concerns that the Shiite fighters that stalked members of the minority Sunni population in the days of 2006 and 2007 could be remobilizing, in response to attacks by Sunni extremists.Members of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of the main resistance factions in Iraq, admit they have ramped up targeted killings in response to a cascade of bomb attacks on their neighborhoods.“We’ve had to be much more active,” said an Asaib Ahl al-Haq commander who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Sajad. “Those who are trying to incite sectarianism, we have to deal with them,” he said, drawing his hand over his throat like a knife.More than 1,000 people were killed in January in Iraq, according to Agence France-Presse. That was the highest death toll since April 2008.Iraq’s Shiite-led government is struggling to maintain security as the al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, regularly bombs Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad. The Sunni-dominated group is also battling the army for control of cities in the western province of Anbar./149
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Members of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of the main resistance factions in Iraq, admit they have ramped up targeted killings in response to a cascade of bomb attacks on their neighborhoods.