Another 60 bodies found in Baghdad; at least 7 killed in renewed violence

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Media: The Associated Press
Byline: DAVID RISING
Date: 10 October 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities found the mutilated bodies of 60 men in Baghdad
in the 24-hours ending Tuesday morning, likely the latest victims of the
sectarian death squads that roam the capital, and at least seven people died
in scattered violence around the country.

The bullet-riddled bodies found in the capital all had their hands and feet
bound and showed signs of torture _ hallmarks of death-squad killings,
police 1st Lt. Mohamed Khayon said.

The victims ranged in age from between 20 to 50-years-old, he said. Their
bodies had been dumped in several neighborhoods.

Sectarian death squads have killed thousands in recent months and Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki is coming under increased pressure to find an end
to the violence.

Chief U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said Monday that
there had been a spike in sectarian violence with the onset of Ramadan two
weeks ago, though did not provide numbers.

"We anticipated it and we expect it to continue," Caldwell said. "The
sectarian tensions in the city are high."

On Tuesday, the body of the brother of a Baghdad police brigadier was found
shot dead, tied to a lamppost in Buhriz, 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of
the capital, Baqouba police said. Later authorities found the body of
another of the brigadier's brothers, also shot, lying in the street.

The bodies of two other shooting victims were found in Khalis, 80 kilometers
(50 miles) north of Baghdad, and another was found in Baqouba, police said.

In new attacks Tuesday, one policeman and six people were injured in the
west Baghdad neighborhood of Yarmouk when a roadside bomb hit a police
patrol, police 1st Lt. Maithem Abdul Razzaq said.

Two Iraqi soldiers on foot patrol were killed in Musayyib, about 60
kilometers (40 miles) south of Baghdad, by a roadside bomb, police Capt.
Muthana Khalid Ali said.

Another soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting near Hillah, about 95
kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, Ali said.

In downtown Amarah, 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, a
former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath party was gunned down by
unidentified assailants, police Capt. Hussein Karim said.

In the northern city of Mosul, a police colonel was killed in a drive-by
shooting as he walked through the city, police Col. Abdel-Karim al-Jubouri.
A civilian was also killed in the city in a second drive-by shooting, he
said.

Meanwhile, authorities updated their casualty figures from the car bombing
Monday in Shaab, a mainly Shiite district of Baghdad, that came soon after
the evening's iftar meal. Police Capt. Ali al-Obeidi said an additional
three people had died, bringing the casualty totals to 13 killed and 46
wounded.
 
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