Execution-style sectarian killings on upswing in Iraq

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of bomb attacks at a police station in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Police found the bodies of 13 people around Baghdad on Wednesday, the apparent victims of execution-style shootings that recalled the height of Iraq's sectarian slaughter.

This year has been Iraq's most violent since the Sunni-Shi'ite bloodbath of 2006-07, now with a resurgence of sectarian killings as well as a growing insurgent campaign of bomb and gun attacks targeting security forces and civilians.