Iraqi Shias 'tortured and shot'

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The mutilated bodies of 10 Iraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims have been found in the desert near the town of Qaim close to the Syrian border, Iraqi police say.
They are thought to have been killed as they travelled back from Syria.

Earlier on Saturday, seven people died in two suicide bombings in the northern town of Sinjar, officials said. In another development, Tokyo said it believed a Japanese man seized in Iraq was dead, after rebels put video on the internet apparently showing his body. Security guard Akihiko Saito, 44, went missing west of Baghdad earlier in May after the convoy he was protecting was ambushed.

'Marks of torture'
The murdered pilgrims - thought to be from southern Iraq - had apparently been blindfolded, tied up and shot in the head, police said. They added that the corpses bore marks of torture. Iraqi officials said they believed the Shias were stopped as they were on their way back from visiting a religious shrine in Syria several days ago. They were attacked in the area where the US military carried out a major operation against insurgents earlier this month.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4589125.stm

[stellanoir]

1. this shit is totally deplorable

and I fully blame * & Rummy, & Gonzales. They opened the door for this brutality and it truly sucks.

"Culture of life," my ass.

[Igel]

3. Ever read the Grand Inquisitor part of "The Brothers Karamazov"? n/t

[bvar22]

2. bush* the puppet,

The Global Corporations, and the NeoCons (same thing) ARE responsible.