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| Nine Bodies of Executed Iraqis Found in Rivers |
| 2006-06-30 |
| The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where many of Iraq’s victims of insurgent and sectarian violence are dumped, yielded grisly new finds yesterday as police fished out at least nine bodies, all tortured and shot. Seven bodies were pulled from the Tigris River near Suwayra southeast of Baghdad. All were men in civilian clothes. They were blindfolded, had gunshot wounds and showed signs of torture, a trademark of the communal bloodshed. Police said it was impossible to identify the men — the river and scorching summer heat had left their bodies bloated and disfigured. They were being sent to the local morgue to await relatives looking for missing loved ones. About 60 km west of Suwayra, police in the town of Mussayab retrieved two bodies yesterday from the Euphrates. The victims had also been shot and tortured. The Tigris has been giving up other victims of Iraq’s violence in the past few days. The Ministry of Industry said 11 bodies from a group of 34 factory workers abducted north of Baghdad last week had been found, most floating in the Tigris. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Is the NKVD/OVRA/KGB at it already in their intrepid hunt for the insurgents that did in their embassy guys? Shot and Tortured? Or Tortured and shot? Make up your mind. Torture first to get them to talk..then do a mercy killing. If they were shot at the base of the skull,it was the KGB. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-30 15:16 |
| #7 "Why is it that whenever I hear the word "Islam" I want to vomit ???" It's all just a meme, or so I have been told. -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-06-30 13:37 |
| #6 I guess that retires the trophy Doc. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-30 13:10 |
| #5 TW gets my vote for understated, snarky comment of the week. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-30 11:46 |
| #4 Why is it that whenever I hear the word "Islam" I want to vomit ??? |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-06-30 10:39 |
| #3 I would've thought dead, bloated bodies would pollute the drinking water, but I guess I'm overfastidious that way... the tea takes on a funny flavour if the water isn't pure. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-30 10:13 |
| #2 More advanced countries use concrete to weight the bodies down and prevent this embarassing problem. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-06-30 07:50 |
| #1 The Land Of Two Rivers with floating corpses |
| Posted by: RD 2006-06-30 02:36 |