US Training of Death Squads in Iraq? - War Is A Crime .org
US Training of Death Squads in Iraq? - War Is A Crime .org
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The convoy was travel<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Camp Sara neighborhood and the attack also damaged part <strong>of</strong> anearby build<strong>in</strong>g.Bodies lay <strong>in</strong> the street next to the smok<strong>in</strong>g wreckage <strong>of</strong> burn<strong>in</strong>g cars, accord<strong>in</strong>g to TheAssociated Press.Rescue workers piled corpses <strong>in</strong>to an ambulance parked next to the crumbled facade <strong>of</strong> abuild<strong>in</strong>g, while a policeman warned residents to leave for fear more bombs would explode, APreported.An <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly common <strong>in</strong>surgent tactic is to detonate one bomb to draw rescue workers andonlookers, then to explode a second device to cause mass casualties.One witness, who identified himself to AP only by his first name, Hamdi, said a roadside bombwent <strong>of</strong>f first and people started to gather, then the second blast went <strong>of</strong>f."Then more people gathered and they were search<strong>in</strong>g for their dead or miss<strong>in</strong>g relatives when thecar bomb exploded," he told Associated Press Television News at the scene. "Everybody knowsthis is a Christian neighborhood, they are neither Sunnis or Shiites, so why are they do<strong>in</strong>g this tothem?"Meanwhile, security forces <strong>in</strong> the capital have found 22 bullet-riddled bodies <strong>in</strong> the past 24hours. Some <strong>of</strong> the bodies showed signs <strong>of</strong> torture.Other violence around the capital Wednesday <strong>in</strong>cluded:* A suicide truck bomb went <strong>of</strong>f at the <strong>Iraq</strong>i army headquarters <strong>in</strong> Ramadi, the capital <strong>of</strong>Anbar prov<strong>in</strong>ce, a hospital <strong>of</strong>ficial told CNN. There was no immediate word on casualties.* A car bomb <strong>in</strong> the Dora district killed an <strong>Iraq</strong>i civilian and wounded four others, a police<strong>of</strong>ficial said.* A roadside bomb apparently meant for an <strong>Iraq</strong>i police patrol exploded <strong>in</strong> central Baghdad'sKarrada neighborhood wound<strong>in</strong>g a police <strong>of</strong>ficer and a civilian, police said.* Also, the U.S. military on Wednesday reported two troop deaths on Tuesday, one <strong>in</strong>Baghdad and the other near Kirkuk.15 U.S. troops killed <strong>in</strong> three daysThe U.S. military on Wednesday reported the two more American soldiers were killed, br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>gthe number <strong>of</strong> U.S. troop fatalities <strong>in</strong> the first three days <strong>of</strong> October to 15.The latest reported death was a U.S. soldier who was killed <strong>in</strong> eastern Baghdad on Tuesday.175