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A vehicle burns after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 155 miles north of Baghdad, October 28, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Twenty decapitated
bodies were found north of Baghdad with one of them believed to be a tribal
leader, Iraqi police said Monday.
A local police source told Xinhua that the bodies
were discovered at the Gsarin village near Baquba, capital of Diyala province.
The source said the bodies were found bleeding, which
meant they were beheaded not long ago.
He said the identification process was underway,
adding that one of the victims was believed to be a tribal leader. Tribal
leaders, who are moving toward joining the government in striking relentless
discriminate killings believed to be perpetrated by al-Qaida, have been
increasingly targeted.
Baquba, some 65 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, has
been a hotbed of insurgency and sectarian violence since the U.S.-led invasion
in 2003.
Early in the day, a suicide bomber
killed at least 25 police recruits and officers in the city, wounding 22 others.
The attacker blew himself up at Ishbiliyah Square where
the recruits were gathering outside the police headquarters to sign up for
joining the Iraqi police.
U.S. military holds Shiite militia
leader for Baghdad
kidnapping
BAGHDAD, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) --
The U.S. military said Monday that a rouge Shiite militia leader was responsible
for the Sunday Baghdad kidnapping of 10 tribal leaders and a cleric from Diyala
province.
According to intelligence reports, the military
identified Arkan Hasnawi, a former brigade commander in Mahdi Army, a militia
loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, as responsible for the kidnapping. Full story
U.S. troops hand over security of
Karbala to Iraqis
BAGHDAD,
Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-led coalition forces handed over the security
responsibility of the holy Shiite province of Karbala to Iraqis on Monday.
In a televised celebration held in a sport stadium in
the city,110 km south of Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikihailed the
handover process and promised that the security of Basra, another southern
province would also be handed over to Iraqis by the end of the year. Full story
Iraqi security forces foils suicide
attack in NE Baghdad
BAGHDAD,
Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi security forces foiled a suicide bomb attack
targeted a police station in a town in Diyala province on Monday, a provincial
police source said.
"A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt tried to
sneak into a police station from the rare door, in Hibhib town, 50 km northeast
of Baghdad, claiming he was a relative to a police officer in the station," the
source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Full story
