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美国欲与伊朗商讨伊拉克局势 Washington is considering direct talks with Iran on the security situation in Iraq, a US official has told the BBC. 一位美国官员透露，美国正在考虑与伊朗展开直接对话，商讨伊拉克的安全局势。 ? The move comes as US President Barack Obama weighs up（权衡） options on action to take in Iraq. ? Meanwhile, the US condemned as horrifying photos posted online by Sunni militants that appear to show fighters massacring Iraqi soldiers. ? In the scenes, the soldiers are shown being led away and lying in trenches before and after their execution. ? The Iraqi military said the pictures were real, but their authenticity（真实性） has not been independently confirmed.? ? The BBCs Jim Muir, in northern Iraq, says if the photographs are genuine, it would be by far the biggest single atrocity since the time of the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. ? Their emergence came as the Iraqi government claimed to have regained the initiative against an offensive by Sunni rebels led by ISIS - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.? ? Extremists captured key cities, including Mosul and Tikrit, last week, but several towns have now been retaken from the rebels.? ? However the insurgents（叛乱分子） captured the northern city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, overnight after a heavy mortar bombardment.? ? The images appear to show captured Iraqi soldiers in civilian clothes being led away by militants, as the BBCs John Simpson reports. 1