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LOU DOBBS: Insurgents in Iraq today killed more than
40 people; 22 of them in suicide bomb attacks. Iraqi
police also found more victims of sectarian killings.
Michael Ware reports tonight from Baghdad. Michael?
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, the violence
continued in Iraq, in what's considered a
comparatively quiet day; a reflection of the true
levels of violence in this country.
Fourteen tortured and executed bodies were found this
morning across the capital, bringing the total since
Tuesday to 198 victims of what is believed to be the
sectarian violence plaguing Iraq. This is up from
last week's total of 150.
Elsewhere, in the northern town of Tal Afar, on the
Syrian border -- a town held up by President Bush as
a mark of American success -- a suicide bomber struck
a marketplace killing as many as 20 people according
to local police, though the death toll has yet to be
finalized.
Elsewhere, in Ramadi -- in the country's west, the
al-Qaeda front line in Iraq -- a double suicide
bombing attacked a key police station. This police
station is manned by members of tribes which have
committed themselves to the U.S. campaign in that
country.
We've had reports in the last 24 hours of more than a
dozen sub-tribes from Ramadi swearing to oppose the
al-Qaeda dominance of their city. The level of
violence is continuing in the lead-up to what is
expected to be the fourth Ramadan or holy month
offensive here in Iraq, as the security crackdown
begins to tighten on the capital and across the
country -- Lou.
DOBBS: Michael Ware reporting from
Baghdad.