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April 21, 2005

50-70 Bodies Found in Tigris

Last week we brought you the story that Sunni terrorists were threatening to kill 100+ Shiites from the Madaen area. We later reported that it was a hoax. Well, it's looking like less of a hoax today.

Dozens of bodies, some of them beheaded, were found washed up on the banks of the Tigris river. I've seen low estimates of 50 and high estimates of 70. Still up in the air is whether these bodies are those of the Madaen hostages, as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani claims. The US is denying any knowlege of the bodies, and reports indicate that many of the bodies were found before the Madaen hostage crisis was announced.

Interested Participant has more here, Chad at In The Bullpen's post on the subject is here, INFDL here, and Speed of Thought here.

At the very least, the confusing nature of this story reveals that Talibani is no different than other Arab leaders in his ability to spread what are essentially rumors as fact.

Posted by: Rusty at 12:17 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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1 I think if you look deeper you will find the bodies were so badly decomposed that they had to have been in the water long before the alleged kidnapping.

The call from Iran for revoultion in Iraq over the 'massacre' is also fishy. Someone is trying to start something -- bad.

Do more looking.

Posted by: bill at April 21, 2005 12:46 PM (7evkT)

2 Eh, the decomp that I saw on a website was pretty in-line with the effects of water decompositiin and adipocere formation. The conditions suggested that the had not been dead for very long (a few days, maybe)due to the extent of marblling and likely were either kept inside after death or dumped right into the water (due to lack of mummification features from the arid climate). Then again, who really knows if those pictures are from this case really.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at April 21, 2005 01:55 PM (Wsn+K)

3 Someone is trying to start a civil war. This is madness.

Posted by: Jim at April 21, 2005 03:01 PM (jcSwY)

4 Jim

Yep, and to the Iraqi's credit they don't seem much inclined to go along with it. The overwhelming majority seems more interested in trying the whole freedom and individual liberty thing.

Posted by: Defense Guy at April 21, 2005 04:08 PM (jPCiN)

5 Animals

Posted by: greyrooster at April 21, 2005 05:18 PM (CBNGy)

6 Whoever is behind that must pay.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 21, 2005 06:19 PM (FV4oJ)

7 Collin...Greyrooster...whats up with the civil posts? I am a bit dissappointed...C-Baber, hows old Steve-o?

Posted by: Mr. K at April 21, 2005 07:06 PM (L6lSh)

8 Wine-aholic: On what site did you get your information?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 22, 2005 07:38 AM (x+5JB)

9 Iran will pull any stunt to prevent being surrounded by the Evil Infidel. They are having some problems down in the southern provinces with Arabs who claim the Mooolaaahs are attempting to "dilute" their populations with forced re-settlements. Seems that the A-rabs been shootin at Pasadran forces and been doin a good job at killin the Mooooolaaaah's security forces.

Posted by: filthy allah at April 22, 2005 07:51 AM (yBHNA)

10 Filthy you don't have a clue about what you talking about.

Posted by: Jim at April 22, 2005 10:32 PM (jcSwY)

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