US says report of 20 beheaded bodies in Iraq false

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US says report of 20 beheaded bodies in Iraq false
30 Jun 2007 09:11:22 GMT

BAGHDAD, June 30 (Reuters) - Media reports attributed to Iraqi
police of 20 decapitated bodies found south of Baghdad this
week were untrue and may have been planted by insurgents to
provoke revenge attacks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

"Coalition and Iraqi officials began investigating to determine
if the reports were true. Ultimately it was concluded the reports
were false," the military said in a statement.

Local police, speaking off the record, said on Thursday that the
bodies had been found dumped on the banks of the Tigris River
near Salman Pak, about 30 km (19 miles) south of Baghdad.

But the Iraqi Interior Ministry later said that a team sent to the
location with U.S. forces had found nothing.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA029533.htm

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Earlier LBN thread: 20 Beheaded Bodies Found in Iraq

[lazer47]

1. I think any report coming out of Iraq

should be taken with a "grain of salt" whether it be from the US forces or the Iraqis.

[Ian David]

2. Alternatively....

They could have become zombies.

[youngdem]

3. Yeah, it was 21, so there! Liberal media

:sarcasm:

[spanone]

4. Any Iraq news thats get 'on the air' is vetted through the pentagon

.