Six killed; 12 bodies found tortured in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Within the last 24 hours, insurgents in Iraq
killed five people; a roadside bomb killed an American soldier; and 12
bodies, all shot in the head and bearing signs of torture, were found
in Baghdad.
In one incident Saturday, a police officer and another man were
kidnapped; they were later found shot to death, according to police.
They had been abducted in the middle of the night from a house in al-
Musayyib, about 37 miles (60 km) south of Baghdad. Three more police
officers died in separate roadside bombings.
The killings and discovery of the corpses coincided with the release
of a U.S. State Department report that found attacks against Iraqi
civilians doubled in 2005. It stated that Iraq remains a key
battleground -- and haven -- for global terrorist networks, as well as
for homegrown insurgents and those trying to incite sectarian
violence. (Full story)
The American soldier died around 4 p.m. southwest of Baghdad,
according to the military. The death brings the number of U.S. troops
and military civilian deaths in Iraq to 2,397.
April, with 69 U.S. military deaths, marked the highest monthly death
toll since November, when 84 U.S. military personnel died.
In his weekly radio address, U.S. President George W. Bush
acknowledged "more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and more days of
sacrifice and struggle," but he said Iraqi lawmakers have "laid the
foundations for a democratic government of, by, and for the Iraqi
people." (Read his remarks)
His remarks met with protests in New York, as demonstrators demanded
the return of U.S. soldiers home and denounced the war whose support
is fast eroding, according to polls. (Details)
Other developments
The Army charged the former head of the interrogation center in Iraq
Friday with cruelty and maltreatment, dereliction of duty and other
criminal offenses for his alleged involvement in detainee abuse at the
notorious prison in 2003. Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan is the
highest-ranking officer at Abu Ghraib to face criminal charges. (Full
story)
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri surfaced Friday in a
new video, praising the fighters in Iraq and calling for the removal
of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. (Full story) CNN's Mohammed
Tawfeeq and Barbara Starr contributed to this report
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