Special report: Tension escalates in
Iraq
BAGHDAD,
Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi police patrols found 56 unidentified bodies scattered
in different parts of Baghdad on Friday, a police source said.
"Up to 56 unidentified bodies have been found by our
patrols in the past 24 hours, with 34 of them found in western Baghdad," the
source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Most of the bullet-riddled bodies were bound,
blindfolded and showing signs of torture, the source said.
Separately, a police patrol found a severed head on
the side of a road in the Sab'a al-Bur area in northern Baghdad, the source
added.
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.
UN and Iraqi officials estimate that more than 100 Iraqis are killed everyday in insurgent attacks and fighting between Sunni and Shiite factions.
Five U.S. soldiers die, death toll to
2,824 in Iraq
BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Four U.S.
soldiers and a U.S. Marine have died in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday.
Earlier in the day, the military said that four U.S.
service members were killed on Thursday, and three of them were killed in a
roadside bombing in Baghdad and one Marine killed in the volatile Anbar province
in west of the country. Full Story
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