Sunni Chiefs Condemn Killings of 14 Iraqis

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized by Shiite-led forces last week were found in Baghdad, and a prominent Sunni politician accused the government Saturday of pushing Iraq toward "civil war."

The grisly discovery threatens to further polarize Iraq's ethnic and religious groups at the same time Iraqi officials try to form a national unity government, which the United States hopes will lead to a curbing of this country's rampant bloodshed.

The bodies were shot multiple times and dumped in the back of a truck in northern Baghdad late Friday, said Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal, the Interior Ministry's head of intelligence. He said he did not know if government forces had detained the men.

"We are investigating the residents' reports that these men were arrested in raids in that area, but we have nothing so far," Kamal told The Associated Press."
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