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  • Mystery shrouds whereabouts of bodies of 54 insurgents said killed by US

    12/01/2003 4:02:05 PM PST · by TexKat · 154 replies · 588+ views
    SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) - The US military said it believed 54 insurgents were killed in intense exchanges in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra the previous day but commanders admitted they had no bodies. The only corpses at the city's hospital were those of ordinary civilians, including two elderly Iranian pilgrims and a child. US Brigadier General Mark Kimmit told a Baghdad press conference that 54 militants had been gunned down, 22 wounded and one arrested. But challenged about what had happened to the bodies, Kimmit said: "I would suspect that the enemy would have carried them away and brought...