40 Bodies Found in Baghdad on Violent Day - New York Times

40 Bodies Found in Baghdad on Violent Day - New York Times: "40 Bodies Found in Baghdad on Violent Day
By PAUL von ZIELBAUER

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 4 — The bodies of 40 people, including 25 who were found blindfolded and shot at close range, were found in Baghdad today, an Interior Ministry official said, and a mass grave containing 18 bodies of people who appeared to have been executed in the 1980’s was discovered in the northern city of Kirkuk.

American military officials announced today that four soldiers and two marines have died since Sunday. All but one of the deaths were because of hostile fire. Two British soldiers were also killed today in a roadside explosion in Basra."