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U.S. Soldiers Discover Bodies in Vehicle; Iraqi Civilian Killed

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2006 – Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers found the bodies of 18 murder victims inside an abandoned vehicle at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday in Baghdad's Mansour district, military officials in Iraq reported.

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, received a report about a suspicious vehicle on the side of the road and found the bodies while conducting a search.

In a separate incident, an Iraqi civilian died at about 7:15 a.m. today when he failed to obey traffic warnings to stop his vehicle and collided with a Multinational Division Baghdad Bradley fighting vehicle in eastern Baghdad. Iraqi police, fire department personnel and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of the accident.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2006/20060308_4423.html