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20 Killed, Several Wounded, 2 Corpses Found

Good afternoon,

Seven people _ most civilians killed in their homes by mortar fire _ died and several others were wounded in a gunbattle between forces of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia and Sunni insurgents near Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of the capital.

At least 13 other people were killed in scattered violence Saturday and two more bodies were found dumped in the capital, shot in the head with their hands and feet bound.

Here are some of the gruesome details of today's violence (Saturday)
according to police:

_ A female teacher was killed by Iraqi soldiers as she drove past their convoy in Baghdad.

_ A Sunni mosque preacher was killed by gunmen when he stopped to have his car repaired in west Baghdad.

_ Gunmen killed a man driving with his family and wounded his two sons in the capital.

_ A bomb exploded in a traffic police hut near the Iraqi Finance Ministry in north Baghdad, killing four civilians and wounding five people, including a traffic policeman.

_ Gunmen killed three people in the northern city of Mosul.

_ A roadside bomb killed two people in Balabroz, 55 miles northeast of Baghdad.

_ Drive-by gunmen killed the bodyguard of the head of Basra's Sunni Endowment, the organization that oversees the sect's religious property in the predominantly Shiite southern city.



Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 3:44 PM