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16 Killed Across Iraq, 12 Male Bodies Found Murdered In Tigris River

Good Morning,

Attacks killed 16 people across Iraq on Saturday, and police reported finding 15 apparent victims of sectarian violence, including a dozen bodies fished out at a grate that blocks weeds from flowing down the Tigris River.

On Saturday, the bound and blindfolded bodies of 12 men were found in the Tigris in Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad, at one of the metal grills fixed in the river to block debris from being swept downstream. The victims were aged between 35 and 45, and most had been shot in the head and the rest in the chest, said Mamoun al-Rubaie, an official at the morgue in Kut, where the bodies were bought. Three more bodies were discovered Saturday, one in Baghdad and two in Kifil in Hillah province south of the capital. In addition, 16 people died from bombings and gun attacks, including two in the southern city of Basra killed when a bomb exploded at a shop selling CDs featuring sermons and interviews of al-Sadr.

Between 1,000 and 1,500 people have been killed every month in the Baghdad area since January.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 10:33 AM