Police find 8 bound, gagged corpses north of Iraqi capital

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police on Wednesday found the bodies of eight Iraqis, mostly civilians who'd been working at a U.S. military base, gagged and shot in the back of the head north of the Iraqi capital.

Elsewhere, U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in the cities of Ramadi and Samarra, and militants attacked U.S. convoys with bombs in the northern city of Mosul.

The eight Iraqis had been missing since they were kidnapped three days ago by insurgents, said Mohammed Latif, chief of the local police force in Dejali, about 40 miles north of Baghdad.

The bodies were found in shallow graves in a desert area. Each corpse had been tightly bound around the legs and arms, their mouths taped shut. A piece of paper was attached to each body, on which was written: "This is the punishment of the traitors and those who work for the American occupation," Latif said.

Seven of the slain men were last heard from as they were heading from a military base in al-Bakr to their homes in Dejali. An eighth unidentified corpse was discovered along with them, Latif said.

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1. Corpses, bombs turn up around Iraq

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Officials have been finding bodies around Iraq as militants continue attacks on American and national forces.

Police found the bodies of eight Iraqis in shallow graves in a desert-area north of Baghdad. Officials say the men who had worked at a U-S military base had been bound, gagged and shot in the back of the head. Each had a note attached that said, "This is the punishment of the traitors."

Officials say they also found the bodies of two policemen on a highway south of Baghdad. Each had been shot in the head.

U-S forces clashed with militants in Ramadi and Samarra.

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2. Iraq Officials have been finding bodies around Iraq ... can you say DUH!!!

talk about understatements