WAR NEWS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006

Today in Iraq

Police found the bodies of two people, shot and tortured, in al-Lij village, 35 km south of Baghdad. A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army convoy and killed two people, including a policeman, and wounded seven, including three soldiers, in Nafaq al-Shurta in western Baghdad. A car bomb killed an Iraqi explosives expert along with his assistant when they were trying to dismantle it on Wednesday night in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. The tortured, bullet-ridden bodies of 21 kidnap victims were found on the streets of the capital on Wednesday. At least 17 people were killed Wednesday in car bombings against Shiite and Sunni targets in Baghdad. A car bomb struck the largely Sunni area of Yarmouk on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three. Gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped dozens of people Thursday from a major commercial area in central Baghdad, the second mass abduction in the capital in a month. The attackers drove up to the busy al-Sanak area in about 10 sport utility vehicles and began rounding up shop owners and bystanders. Two police officers said 50 to 70 people were abducted...

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