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Civilian body found in Wassit

September 25, 2008 - 07:04:29

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Policemen found unknown civilian body in the wee small hours of Thursday morning in northern Wassit, a security source said.

“A police force found the body in al-Dabouni district in north of Kut,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The blind-folded body bore signs of torture and was sent to the forensic medicine department in al-Zahraa hospital in Kut,” he added.

A Shiite province, Wassit, 180 km south of Baghdad, is in the east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning “middle,” as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra.Its major cities include the capital, al-Kut, and al-Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. SH (P)

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