Dozens killed, (plus) 50 bodies found in Iraq ("showed signs of torture,")

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_061203231446

Dozens killed, 50 bodies found in Iraq

by Ammar Karim Sun Dec 3, 6:20 PM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 30 Iraqis were killed and 50 bodies were found in Baghdad as UN chief Kofi Annan described the situation in
Iraq as far worse than what was considered a civil war in Lebanon.


Thirty-five of the bodies were uncovered in Karkh, a majority Sunni district on the west bank of the Tigris, while the remaining 15 were found in Rusafa, a mainly Shiite area on the eastern side of the river.

"Some of the bodies showed signs of torture," according to the police.

Annan's remark came a few hours after President Jalal Talabani became the second Iraqi leader, after powerful Shiite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, to reject the UN chief's call for an international peace conference on Iraq.

Insurgents were back at work Sunday, when one wearing an explosive belt blew himself up next to a police station near the northern oil city of Kirkuk, killing three officers, Major General Torhan Yussef told AFP.

[IndyOp]

1. Emergency session of Congress, now. Out now. Out. Out. Out. (n/t)

[nickyt]

2. Now. Now. Now.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. "Let freedom reign!"

[Gregorian]

4. Cut and run now. Or cut and run later. It might be worse if we stay.

I am not for abandoning Iraq so that it erupts into something worse than now. I am for our military aggression and presence to be gone. I believe that is causing more problems than if we were to leave.

It's a crime, what has been done there by this maladministration. And all of us are going to pay a big price.


edit- DUH. I guess I'm tired. Tired of saying the obvious. I feel like a worn out parrot. Polly want an impeachment?

[antiimperialist]

5. The story repeats itself every day

We need to stop the killing, by leaving iraq now. If we leave, Iraqis will solve their differences by themselves. It's our presence that exacerbates matters.
let's go now.