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86 corpses found across Iraq, one US soldier killed

BAGHDAD: Iraqi and US forces have found at least 86 corpses across Iraq over the past 24 hours, the US military and local security officials said Thursday.

A security official said that 58 corpses were recovered in Baghdad, while the US military said 28 bodies were found in a “mass grave” in the northeastern Diyala province. The military said the 28 bodies found south of Baquba, the provincial seat of Diyala, were first taken to Nahrwan for possible identification by family members and then transported to Baghdad.

The bodies of a senior official of a Sunni religious organisation, his three guards and four others were found dumped together near Basra on Thursday, police said.

Insurgents killed an American soldier in the war torn Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military said Thursday. An Iraqi militant group called on its Sunni Muslim followers in Baghdad to wage holy war against Shi’ite militias in a “battle of destiny”, a statement posted on the Internet said on Thursday.

“Baghdad is your (Sunnis) city. Do not leave it for the strangers who intend to expel you; it is a battle of destiny now, to be or not to be,” the Islamic Army in Iraq said in the statement posted on a main website. The group, which has claimed several attacks on US troops in the country and the kidnapping of some foreigners. agencies

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