Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq     

    BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi police patrols found 15 unidentified bodies in different parts of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

    "We have found a total of 15 bodies killed in execution-style in different parts of Baghdad since this morning," the source said on condition of anonymity.

    The bodies were bound, blindfolded and showed signs of torture with bullet holes in their bodies, he said.

    The almost daily gruesome body findings, assassinations and explosions in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities were seen as a major setback for the Iraqi government's efforts to stem violence and achieve national reconciliation. Enditem