BAGHDAD: The United States on Sunday condemned a "horrifying" massacre by Islamic militants said to have killed hundreds of Iraqi soldiers as they advanced on the capital after seizing vast swathes of northern Iraq.
Iraq said it had "regained the initiative" against fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as grisly reports emerged of atrocities committed during their lightning offensive.
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