இன்று ஈராக்கில் 57 பேர் கொலை.

ஈராக் சுன்னி தீவிரவாதிகள் ஷியா கிராமங்களுக்குள் நடத்திய மோர்டர் தாக்குதலில் பல ஷியா மக்கள் மரணமடைந்தார்கள். அதில் பல பெண்களும் குழந்தைகளும் அடங்குவர்.

42 ஈராக்கியினர் அல்குவேதாவால் சித்திரவதை முகாமில் அடைக்கப்பட்டிருந்ததை அறிந்து அவர்களை ஈராக் போலீஸாரும் அமெரிக்க ராணுவமும் விடுதலை செய்தார்கள்.

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57 Iraqis killed in violence


BAGHDAD: Ten more American soldiers have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the military announced on Sunday.

But in a victory for US and Iraqi forces, troops liberated 42 people from an al-Qaeda run torture facility in a lawless province northeast of Baghdad.

Four soldiers were killed in two attacks in the Sunni province of Salaheddin on Saturday, while another four were killed in blasts in the capital. A marine and another soldier died in combat north and west of the capital.

More than 100 US troops have been killed in May, so far, while two are still missing two weeks after being snatched by al-Qaeda.

At least 57 Iraqis were killed in Sunday, including 44 bodies found in Baghdad and Dura.

A barrage of mortar rounds hit houses in a Shia village, killing three women and a child. A suicide car bomber attacked an army checkpoint in Musayyib, killing two Iraqi soldiers.

Gunman also killed renowned Baghdad calligrapher Khalil al-Zahawi, 52, in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad. In Basra, British forces on a raid to arrest Shia militants came under fire and killed three of their attackers.

Meanwhile, 70 police officers resigned from Iraqi elite police unit and handed over their weapons, citing fears they were being targeted by Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.

US forces freed 42 Iraqis in a raid Sunday on an al-Qaeda hide-out north of Baghdad, the US military said.

The camp was holding 42 people, all thought to be Iraqi civilians, many of them showing signs of mistreatment ranging from broken bones and bruises to heat injuries caused by being held with insufficient water, the US military said.