Iraqi police found 60 bodies dumped across Baghdad in the 24 hours up to Tuesday morning, the apparent victims of sectarian death squads blamed for escalating violence that threatens to pitch the country into civil war. Most of the 60 bodies, victims of the deaths squads who roam Baghdad torturing and killing at will, had been shot in the head execution-style, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters. Some of the victims, all men, had been blindfolded or bound, said the official, who did not want to be named. Some had severe bruising, often a sign of beating, or broken limbs.A bomb placed under a car outside a bakery in the mostly Sunni Arab southern Baghdad district of Doura exploded at midday, reducing the shop to rubble and killing 10 people, many who had been queuing outside to buy bread, police said.
A fire broke out at an ammunition dump at a U.S. base in southern Baghdad on Tuesday, causing a series of explosions that rocked the capital, the U.S. military said. The cause of the fire, which lit up the night sky, was not immediately known.