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Article: Iraq Defense Ministry investigates deadly ambush of Iraqi soldiers
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- October 26, 2004
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AP Worldstream
10-26-2004
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
An investigation into the deadly ambush of about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers is looking into whether insurgents got inside information, Iraqi officials said Tuesday
Defense Ministry spokesman Salih Sarhan said, "The investigation is underway and we are still collecting information. ...The investigation is mainly to know whether there was any information leakage."
The attack on the soldiers, who were returning home on leave, occurred on a remote eastern Iraq highway after sundown Saturday when their buses were stopped by insurgents at a fake checkpoint, according to police and defense officials.
Some of the bodies were found in rows _ shot ...