Sunday, April 4, 2010

Iraqi village killers 'posed as US soldiers'

Shooters disguised as Iraqi soldiers have popped at least 24 members of a Sunni reserves matched to al-Qaida in a small town southern of Baghdad.



Five women were among those voted out after lives drawn from their homes last dark, checking to Iraqi regular army officials.


The victims were bound with cuffs and sprayed with machine-gun can. Many Another of the personifies were "beyond recognition", checking to a senior Iraqi army official who liked to stay anonymous.


At least seven someones were found alive, very Baghdad's protection spokesman, Major Solid Qassim al-Moussawi. He identical the putting to deaths bore "an obvious al-Qaida hallmark".


Many of those killed were members of localised Sunni reserves that released against al-Qaida and its allies two long times ago in what was a significant turning point in the promote to void the Iraqi insurgency.


Moussawi identical 24 masses were confirmed dead, although an interior ministry official put the toll at between 20 and 25 men and five charwomen.


Mustafa Kamel, a localized militia leader, said the attack found late last nighttime in a village in the Arab Jabour area, about 15 miles (25km) southwest of Baghdad.


There are hot 100,000 members of the Sunni reserves, known as Waking Councils and the Sons of Iraq. The US last year handed over control of the Awakening Councils to the Iraqi regime, which pays their extremities hot US$300 a month.

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