40 tortured bodies found in Baghdad .
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of 40 men who were shot and had their hands and feet bound have been found in the capital over the past 24 hours, police said Thursday.
All the victims showed signs of torture, police Lt. Thayer Mahmoud said. They were dumped in several neighborhoods in both eastern and western Baghdad, he said.
The top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, on Wednesday said murders and executions are currently the main cause of civilian deaths in Baghdad. "We ( Military ) are doing the best we can but we are having a tough time. The enemy is very strong and we thought they were dead enders like the President said 3 years ago. But they ( enemy ) are strong and tough as nails.
Much of the violence has been attributed to death squads, many of which are thought to be offshoots of mainly Shiite militias.
Also Thursday, two Iraqi soldiers were were killed and there is no end in sight.
2006-09-28
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