Another Decapitated Body Found in Iraq

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Another Decapitated Body Found in Iraq

James Joyner | Thursday, July 22, 2004

Toronto Star (AP) – Another decapitated body found in Iraq

Police discovered a decapitated body in an orange jumpsuit and a head in a bag on the banks of the Tigris River, authorities said today, leading to fears a second Bulgarian hostage had been killed.

The deepening hostage crises across Iraq prompted Kenya to call its citizens home today and further complicated Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s efforts to persuade reluctant nations to join the coalition and send troops here.

In new violence today, insurgents fought a running gun battle with U.S. soldiers on Haifa Street in central Baghdad during a sweep of suspected militants, officials said. Six Iraqis were wounded, Health Ministry official Saad al-Amili said. Iraqi forces arrested 270 people, including several “non-Iraqi Arabs,” and discovered a huge cache of weapons, Interior Ministry official Sabah Khadum said. U.S. officials said only 48 suspected criminals and insurgents were arrested. Also today, U.S. marines said they had killed 25 insurgents, injured 17 and captured 25 others during a large gun battle in the western city of Ramadi on Wednesday. Fourteen marines sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and 10 returned to their duties, the marines said.

For background, see: Bulgarian Hostage Murdered on Video (July 13)

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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