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Bombings kill at least 60 in Iraq
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-18 20:28
In a statement Thursday, the U.S. Embassy said Iraqi authorities had given
assurances that they will investigate the conditions of detainees found Sunday
night and that the abuse of prisoners "will not be tolerated by either the Iraqi
government" or U.S.-led forces anywhere in the country.
U.S. officials have refused to say how many detainees showed signs of torture
and whether most were Sunnis, pending completion of an Iraqi investigation.
Also on Friday, insurgents attacked U.S. and Iraqi troops in western Iraq,
setting off gunbattles that left 32 insurgents dead, a U.S. military statement
said.
One Marine and an Iraqi soldier suffered minor injuries during the attack,
the U.S. forces said. Most of the fighting took place around the a mosque in the
center of the town.
"Marines reported that they received sustained small arms fire originating
from the mosque," the statement said. "A nearby U.S. Army outpost also reported
receiving enemy fire from the area surrounding the mosque."
The U.S. forces estimated that at least 50 insurgents took part in the
coordinated attack, which quickly dissipated when the Iraqi and U.S. forces
returned fire, the military said. Iraqi troops entered the mosque and found
spent ammunition.
America's death toll rose Thursday as the U.S. military reported a U.S.
Marine killed the day before in Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad. An Army
soldier died Thursday in a traffic accident near Beiji, 155 miles north of
Baghdad and a second soldier died in another accident near Balad, the command
said.
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