Iraq police find 15 strangled men in W. Baghdad

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The bodies of 15 strangled men, their hands and feet bound and showing signs of torture, were found in an abandoned vehicle in West Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

The bodies were discovered overnight in the Khudra area, not far from where the bodies of 18 men killed in similar fashion were found in a minibus a week ago.

The dumping of bodies bearing signs of torture and killed execution-style has long been a feature of the violence in Iraq.

The 18 bodies last week had all been garroted and had their hands bound with plastic ties, police and hospital officials said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/wl_nm/iraq_bodies_dc;_

40 Bodies Found in Iraq in Past 24 Hours
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found at least 40 bodies — shot and discarded — in Baghdad in the previous 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, underscoring fears that deadly bombings in the capital Sunday night would ignite sectarian reprisal attacks.

The bodies were found in both Shiite and Sunni Muslim areas, many of them among Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods, said Maj. Falah al-Mohammedawi of the Interior Ministry.

Scorched pavement, destroyed shops, burned out cars and four men shot in the head then hanged from electricity pylons — victims of revenge killings — awaited Shiite residents emerging from their homes Monday in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.

Two car bombers and four mortar rounds shattered shops and market stalls at nightfall Sunday when residents were buying groceries for their evening meal. At least 58 people were killed and more than 200 wounded.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_

[Skittles]

1. when will it officially be declared a civil war?

and when will the bush supporters accept their responsibility for it?

[maddezmom]

2. by the * admin- never! but just a few headlines from the past few days

Shiite Vigilantes in Baghdad Beat and Kill 4 Men Accused of Attacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/international/middleeast/14iraq.html

Radical Shiite cleric avoids blaming Sunnis in Sadr City bombingshttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2163224&mesg_id=2163224

Iraq's president warns of civil war after bombings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2163219&mesg_id=2163219

Iraqi Group Say They've Killed 5 al-Qaida (Iraqi Gov't backed?)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2163218&mesg_id=2163218

Iraqis fear imminent civil war(rumors suggest Iraqis believe US behind it)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2163986

Death squads operated from inside Iraqi government, officials say
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2162605

[Norrin Radd]

3. I took a screen capture of that headline on Yahoo! because of it's

ironic proximity to a headline about bush.



and

[maddezmom]

4. newest headline: Baghdad Police Find 65 Bodies in 24 Hour

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found at least 65 bodies in Baghdad in the past 24 hours, including 15 men bound and shot in an abandoned minibus, in a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian reprisal attacks, officials said Tuesday.

The timing of the killings appeared related to the car bomb and mortar attacks in the Shiite slum of Sadr City in east Baghdad on Sunday in which 58 people died and more than 200 were wounded.

The sectarian violence marked the second wave of mass killings in Iraq since Feb. 22, when bombers destroyed an important Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra, north of the capital.

The minibus was found on the main road between two mostly Sunni neighborhoods in west Baghdad, not far from where another minibus containing 18 bodies was discovered last week.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_

[annabanana]

5. I guess the Baghdad Police know where to look...

Once again... fact nuggets omitted from story. More questions than info.

[llmart]

6. The article left out the part about how.......

these guys were on their way to deliver flowers and candy to the Americans for liberating them from that nasty ole' Saddam. Why, that nasty ole' Saddam had the audacity to keep his country and the various factions under control.

It's not quite civil war yet - just "bordering on it" so the "experts" say. How the f*** does anyone determine the exact moment when it can be declared a civil war?

Let's face it here - Iraq and the Iraqis were better off under Saddam. Sometimes a dictator like Saddam is what it takes to keep things under control. Enough of the propaganda about how "democracy is messy" as if it's like baking a cake with children or something.

[LynnTheDem]

7. newer headline; 72 bodies found in 24 hours

Thank gawd bush says things are great in Iraq!

[leftchick]

8. just saw that on IMUS

damn! Freedom is on the march!

[leftchick]

9. 72 Bodies... new headline and link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq



72 Bodies Found in Baghdad in 24 Hours By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS, Associated Press Writers
38 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found at least 72 bodies killed by gunfire in Baghdad in the past 24 hours — a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian reprisal attacks in some of the capital's most dangerous neighborhoods, officials said Tuesday.

The bloodshed — the second wave of mass killings in Iraq since bombers destroyed an important Shiite shrine last month — followed weekend attacks in a teeming Shiite slum in which 58 people died and more than 200 were wounded.

[4dsc]

11. All thanks to AWOLbush and his supporters

Damn this is such a f*cking mess!!

[maddezmom]

12. 85 Dead From Shootings in 24 Hours in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_

[0007]

10. Is this how the Middle East does a civil war?