Four Decapitated Bodies Found

The Australian reports:

US troops discovered four decapitated bodies during military operations this week to purge northern Mosul of insurgents, a military spokesman said today.

All four bodies, whose identities were not established, were found on Thursday, and have been turned over to Iraqi authorities, said Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings, a spokesman for Task Force Olympia.

Three of the bodies were found by the roadside in a north-eastern suburb of Mosul, the fourth in the southwestern part of the city, he said.

"Our troops came across them. They were by the roadside," Hastings said.

The Iraqi authorities will have to determine who the beheaded individuals were. To kidnap innocent people, cut their heads off, and leave them beside the road like litter has to be the perfect demonstration of barbarism and evil.