Bewildering

Reuters reports Students "executed" as Iraq violence rages on.

Gunmen in Iraq dragged 24 people, mostly teenage students, from vehicles and shot them dead, police said, as violence raged in the country on Sunday.

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The victims included youths of around 15-16 years who were on their way to the bigger regional town of Baquba to write end of term exams, but also elderly men, they said.

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Some tried to flee but were gunned down, a police source said. Reuters photographs showed six men shot in the chest, including one old man and five young men.

The vast array of violence and atrocities committed by the too numerous to count militant groups possessing different motives boggles the mind. No wonder some people easily buy into the erroneous idea that it a simple armed struggle between two identifiable sides.

One tries to follow the news as best one can, yet one still walks away bewildered by the horrible chaos. Too bad we are stuck with the desire to discover the truth.