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56 dead bodies found in Baghdad, 103 buried in Karbala
 (KUNA) -- Up to fifty-six unidentified dead bodies were found in Baghdad on Friday, while 103 dead bodies were buried in Karbala, said Iraqi security and medical sources. An Iraqi Police source said 56 dead bodies were found in several areas in Baghdad during the past 24 hours, noting that the bodies were shot to death except for one that was beheaded, and that all bodies were handcuffed and blindfolded.Meanwhile, medical sources in Karbala said the Forensics Department in Al-Hussein Public Hospital received 103 bodies from the Forensics Department in Baghdad for burial. The sources added that the bodies remained three months in the refrigerators of the Forensics Department in Baghdad as they were not retrieved by any friends or relatives. The bodies had torture marks all over them, while some were beheaded and shot several times. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-04 |
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