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Saturday, September 30, 2006
BAGHDAD: Ten bodies with signs of torture were found in and around Baghdad on Friday, more apparent victims of the sectarian death squads that roam the capital, while six people died in scattered attacks.
The corpses of seven men and one woman were found in east Baghdad neighbourhoods. They were blindfolded, and had their hands and legs bound, police said. Two more corpses, riddled with bullets, their hands and legs bound, were fished out of the Tigris river in the afternoon in Suwayrah, 40 kms south of Baghdad.
They showed signs of torture, said Maamoun al-Ajili, an official with the Kut morgue, where the bodies were taken. US commanders said since the start of Ramazan there has been a spike in sectarian violence in Iraq, centred in the capital.
In an Iraqi army and police joint operation in the city of Baqouba, 60 kms northeast of Baghdad, three bodies were discovered in a house and weapons were found in a mosque, provincial police chief Maj Ghassan al-Bawi said.
Sixty suspected insurgents were taken into custody in the early morning operation, he said. In Baghdad, the brother-in-law of the new judge presiding over Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial was killed and his nephew was wounded in a shooting, police said.
It was not immediately clear whether they were targeted because they were related to Judge Muhammad Oreibi al-Khalifa, a Shia, who took over the Saddam trial last week, or if it was another sectarian attack.
A traffic policeman was also killed and two civilians injured in a bombing attack in downtown Baghdad, police said. Insurgents used what is becoming an increasingly common technique — detonating one bomb to attract attention, then detonating a second bomb when people had come to look, causing the casualties, police 1st Lt Mohammed Khayun said.
Later, a man was shot and killed in his car in the Dora neighbourhood in south Baghdad, while a mortar round landed in a northern area of the capital, killing a grocer and injuring four others, authorities said.
In Anah two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another two injured when a roadside bomb hit their convoy midday. In the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad, a funeral procession was held for Abdul-Karim Abdul-Wahid al-Shamari. The man, one of al-Sadr’s lieutenants, was killed on Thursday night.
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20 die as bomber hits Peshawar Judicial Complex
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the Judicial Complex on the Khyber Road here on Thursday, killing 20 people, including three cops, and wounding over 50 others.
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Finally, dreaded NRO list is out and official
By Ansar Abbasi
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Gilani to quit if wife proved NRO beneficiary
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
& Asim Yasin
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Multiple criteria agreed for NFC Award
By Imtiaz Ali
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Karzai sworn in for second term
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US asked to take Pakistan into confidence on Afghan policy
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He expressed these views while talking t more |
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‘India failed to respond positively on peace talks’
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Dictators ruled for decades but civilians can’t complete tenure: Shahbaz
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Vehicle escorting CIA director overturns
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: A vehicle of a sensitive security agency escorting US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta, currently on a ‘secret’ visit to Pakistan, overturned near the KRL Chowk at Islamabad Ex more |
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Headley, Rana being probed for involvement in 26/11 attacks
By Sami Abraham
WASHINGTON: Two former students of Cadet College Hasan Abdal, currently living in Chicago, are being investigated for their possible involvement in Mumbai attacks last year in which more than 160 people were ki more |
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PM’s wife not NRO beneficiary: NAB
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Recovered billions can make real difference
By Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: The 160 million people can be provided major relief and even increase in electricity tariff by 30 per cent can be avoided if Rs 165 billion (conservative estimate) are recovered from the beneficiarie more |
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China wants improved Indo-Pak ties
News Desk
BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday gave the impression that it was merely interested in the gradual improvement in relations between India and Pakistan but was not trying to interfere with the pr more |
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US supports Pakistan-India dialogue
WASHINGTON: A senior American diplomat has said Washington is supportive of resolution of disputes between India and Pakistan through dialogue.
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Remarks on women pilots
News Desk
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) vice chief, Air Marshal P K Barbora, on Thursday offered his apologies if anyone’s feelings have been hurt by his remarks on induction of women fighter pilots, and stressed more |
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Nato must not walk away from Afghanistan, says chief
BUDAPEST: Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday the alliance must not turn its back on Afghanistan as this would raise the threat from al-Qaeda and lead to insecurity throughout central more |
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BoP scam accused sent on 12-day remand
By our correspondent
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Eid holidays
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced Eid-ul-Azha holidays from November 27 to 30, said an announcement made by the PM Secretariat here on Thursday.
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