Nine bodies of Iraqi troops found in Mosul

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Nine bodies of Iraqi troops found in Mosul
Separate attacks kill at least 9 in Baghdad
Sunday, November 21, 2004 Posted: 0353 GMT (1153 HKT)



U.S. Army soldiers take up position Saturday while looking for insurgent activity outside Mosul, Iraq.



MOSUL, Iraq (CNN) -- Nine bodies of Iraqi army troops were found in south-central Mosul on Saturday morning. The U.S. military said the soldiers had been shot in the backs of their heads.

Early reports said some soldiers had been decapitated, a claim the military later retracted. The bodies were found about a mile west of the Tigris River, all within 300 feet of each other. There was no indication of how long they had been there.

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[maddezmom]

1. when did they retract the statement?

Bodies of 9 Iraqi Soldiers Found in Mosul

Sat Nov 20, 2:43 PM ET Middle East - AP



BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of nine Iraqi soldiers, all shot execution-style and seven of them decapitated, were discovered in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the U.S. military said.




The discovery came on top of four beheaded bodies that the U.S. military reported on Saturday that troops had found several days earlier. Those four bodies were still being identified.


U.S. forces found the nine soldiers' bodies off a main road about a mile from the Tigris River after getting a tip from the Iraqi National Guard, said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings of Task Force Olympia.


The men, who were not in uniform, have been identified as members of the Iraqi regular army based at the al-Kisik military base about 30 miles west of Mosul, near Tal Afar, he said.



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2. Duplicate topic

Please add this update to the thread already posted about this incident.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1007637