AP: Bodies of 13 Men Found In Sadr City

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050515/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Bodies of 13 Men Discovered in Sadr City

The bodies of 13 blindfolded and bound men were found shot multiple times in the head execution style in Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, police said. The grisly discovery came as two separate drive-by shootings in Baghdad killed a senior Industry Ministry official, his driver and a Shiite cleric.

Police Lt. Col. Shaker Wadi Al-Maliki said the 13 slain men, most appearing to be in their early 20s, were discovered early Sunday wearing civilian clothes and lying in a shallow grave in a vacant lot in eastern Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City.

Judging by the nature of the wounds and the condition of the bodies, police officials believed the men were shot either late Saturday or early Sunday.

An Associated Press photographer saw the bodies lying in the grave with their hands tied behind their back, eyes blindfolded and at least three bullet wounds in each of their heads.

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[maddezmom]

1. reuters article~ Bodies of 34 people found dumped in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities said on Sunday they had discovered the bodies of 34 people who had been killed execution-style then dumped in three locations.

Iraqi police said they had found the bodies of 13 people who were shot dead and left in a garbage dump in Baghdad.

A police official said the handcuffed men, mostly bearded, were shot in the head and left in an area of eastern Baghdad near where 14 other corpses were recently discovered.

"Residents of the area called us and said a garbage truck came early this morning and dumped the bodies and we confirmed it," a police official told Reuters.

Police in Iskandariya, a town in the lawless "triangle of death" area just south of Baghdad, said they found 11 bodies on Sunday. Four of the corpses had been beheaded and at least three were identified as Iraqi soldiers.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050515/wl_nm/iraq_bodies_dc

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2. In another article (wish I could find it) it said the men were cleanly

shaved.

[Swede]

3. 30 Bodies Discovered As Rice Visits Iraq

I think we have turned the corner.:sarcasm:




The bodies of 34 men shot execution-style were found in three locations in less than 24 hours, police said Sunday, a day when drive-by shootings and suicide bombings killed at least eight Iraqis, including a senior Industry Ministry official and a top Shiite c


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