Rebels kill about 50 Iraqi troops

Monday, October 25, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In their boldest and deadliest ambush yet, insurgents waylaid three minibuses carrying U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers heading home on leave and massacred about 50 of them -- forcing many to lie down on the ground and shooting them in the head, officials said Sunday.

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