Bombings Push U.S. Death Toll Past 1,700; Iraq Police Find 28 Bullet-Riddled Bodies Near Capital

The ColumbianJune 13, 2005

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BAGHDAD, Iraq The military announced the killing of four more U.S. soldiers on Sunday, pushing the American death toll past 1,700, and police found the bullet-riddled bodies of 28 people many thought to be Sunni Arabs buried in shallow graves or dumped streetside in Baghdad.

The bodies were discovered as the Shiite-led government pressed to open disarmament talks with insurgents responsible for relentless violence that has taken on ominous sectarian overtones with recurring tit-for-tat killings.

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Bombings Push U.S. Death Toll Past 1,700; Iraq Police Find 28 Bullet-Riddled Bodies Near Capital

A crackdown by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and offensives carried out by U.S. forces in western Iraq have only temporarily blunted the carnage ...

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