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4 Hung, 15 Killed, 40 Injured

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found four hanged men dangling from electricity pylons in a Baghdad Shiite slum Monday. Members of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia had captured the four people found hanged in the Shiite ghetto, according to police and a member of al-Sadr's organization, Sheik Amer al-Husseini. Police collected the bodies early Monday.

"We know nothing about their nationalities but residents reported that they were arrested yesterday by Mahdi Army," said police Lt. Laith Abdul-Aal. "Two of them were wearing explosive belts and two others had mortar tubes."

Al-Husseini identified the men as three Iraqis and a Syrian.

Bomb blasts in Baghdad and north of the capital _ many of them targeting Iraqi police patrols _ killed 15 more people Monday and wounded more than 40. They included a U.S. soldier killed in a roadside bombing in east Baghdad, the military said. A U.S. Marine was reported killed the previous day in the western insurgent-plagued province of Anbar.

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posted by Wink @ 7:59 AM