Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 16 October 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of roadside bombs exploded near a bank in central
Baghdad early Monday, killing one policeman, while the bullet-riddled bodies
of eight men were found dumped around the capital overnight.
Two U.S. Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 were killed in
fighting Sunday in restive Anbar province, the third and fourth killed over
the past two days in the volatile region west of Baghdad.
North of the capital, residents of a town where weekend revenge killings
between Sunnis and Shiites left scores dead huddled at home as security
forces moved in. U.S troops detained three police officials in the area for
failing to intervene in the killings, a police captain said.
The first bomb on Baghdad's Rasheed Street went off around 7:30 a.m. (0430
GMT), the second following an hour later after reporters and police had
arrived on the scene. Iraqi insurgents have increasingly used secondary
bombings to inflict further casualties on onlookers and rescue workers.
Two other roadside bomb attacks on Iraqi police patrols early Monday injured
seven people.
Two of the bodies dumped in Baghdad were found in a trash pit in Sadr City,
the sprawling Shiite slum of about 2 million people where radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia draws much of its support.
The identities of the victims, estimated to be in their early 20s and found
bound and blindfolded, were not known, police Capt. Mohannad al-Bahadli
said.
Six other bodies, similarly bound and shot, were found in other Baghdad
districts, police said.
Each day in Baghdad brings the discovery of up to scores of such victims,
most often pulled off the street or abducted from their homes by roving
sectarian death squads. Those killings have steadily worsened over recent
months as Iraq's Shiite majority battles to assert its authority over the
Sunni minority who held power under Saddam Hussein's former regime.
Secterian fighting exploded over the weekend in and around Balad, 80
kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, sparked by the slayings of 17 Shiite
workers late last week. Suspected Shiite militias set up roadblocks
targeting Sunnis, killing 63 people.
Extra police flooded into the city and residents were staying home from work
and school on Monday, people in the area said.
Byline: n/a
Date: 16 October 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of roadside bombs exploded near a bank in central
Baghdad early Monday, killing one policeman, while the bullet-riddled bodies
of eight men were found dumped around the capital overnight.
Two U.S. Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 were killed in
fighting Sunday in restive Anbar province, the third and fourth killed over
the past two days in the volatile region west of Baghdad.
North of the capital, residents of a town where weekend revenge killings
between Sunnis and Shiites left scores dead huddled at home as security
forces moved in. U.S troops detained three police officials in the area for
failing to intervene in the killings, a police captain said.
The first bomb on Baghdad's Rasheed Street went off around 7:30 a.m. (0430
GMT), the second following an hour later after reporters and police had
arrived on the scene. Iraqi insurgents have increasingly used secondary
bombings to inflict further casualties on onlookers and rescue workers.
Two other roadside bomb attacks on Iraqi police patrols early Monday injured
seven people.
Two of the bodies dumped in Baghdad were found in a trash pit in Sadr City,
the sprawling Shiite slum of about 2 million people where radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia draws much of its support.
The identities of the victims, estimated to be in their early 20s and found
bound and blindfolded, were not known, police Capt. Mohannad al-Bahadli
said.
Six other bodies, similarly bound and shot, were found in other Baghdad
districts, police said.
Each day in Baghdad brings the discovery of up to scores of such victims,
most often pulled off the street or abducted from their homes by roving
sectarian death squads. Those killings have steadily worsened over recent
months as Iraq's Shiite majority battles to assert its authority over the
Sunni minority who held power under Saddam Hussein's former regime.
Secterian fighting exploded over the weekend in and around Balad, 80
kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, sparked by the slayings of 17 Shiite
workers late last week. Suspected Shiite militias set up roadblocks
targeting Sunnis, killing 63 people.
Extra police flooded into the city and residents were staying home from work
and school on Monday, people in the area said.