Bodies of 36 Men Discovered in Iraq

08/25/2005

Published: August 25, 2005
Filed at 8:06 a.m. ET

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)—The bodies of 36 men were discovered Thursday southeast of Baghdad on a road leading to Iran, police said.

The bodies were naked and left on a road leading to Badrah, a town near the Iranian border, police Lt. Abbas al-Shammari said.

The area southeast of Baghdad has witnessed killings in the past between Shiites and Sunnis. It was not clear if Thursday’s deaths were the result of sectarian motives.