The January 2011 Baghdad shootings occurred when four Iraqi security personnel and an

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were killed in

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on 2 January 2011 by suspected

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. The attackers all used silencers on their weapons, and the attacks occurred within an hour of each, which implied they were deliberately targeting government officials. There were no immediate claims of responsibility.

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