The bodies of 18 Iraqis, shot dead, have been found dumped on roadsides in central Iraq.
Thirteen corpses, including that of a
young woman, were discovered near Latifiyah, 40km south of Baghdad,
witnesses said. The bodies displayed bullet holes that gave the
impression their killers had shot them at close range, said resident
Abd al-Rahman al-Janabi. Most of the bodies were men aged between 20
and 40, along with a woman who appeared to be in her mid-twenties.
Residents were afraid to alert police for fear of reprisal by fighters
in the stretch of lush farmland south ofBaghdad. Also south of Baghdad,
the bullet-riddled corpses of four Iraqis working with a foreign
company were discovered near Kut. [more]
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