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20 bodies found in Iraq
www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-13 06:05:38

   BAGHDAD, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The bodies of 20 men killed execution-style were found on Sunday near Nahrawan, southeast of Baghdad, police said.

   The bodies, bound, blindfolded and shot in the head, were foundon Friday, days after they were dumped and became decomposed.

   Iraq's main Sunni organization, the Muslim Scholars Association,said on its website that a total of 30 bodies had been found around the execution area and one of them was identified as belonging to a Sunni Arab.

   More than 800 people have been killed in surging violence around Iraq since the formation of a Shiite-led government late April. Enditem

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