23 Bodies Found Around Baghdad; GI Killed

A U.S. military patrol and Iraqi police discovered 23 bodies — many of them handcuffed and strangled — in various parts of Baghdad, authorities said Wednesday, while bombings, gunfire and other violence claimed at least seven other lives.

Among the reported deaths was a U.S. soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday near the northwestern city of Tal Afar. Four other soldiers were wounded in the attack, the military said.

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