Al-Zarqawi group massacres 50 soldiers
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Tawhid and Jihad group later claimed responsibility for the ambush, according to a website.
The grisly find was a further setback to coalition forces seeking to impose stability on Iraq in advance of planned elections in January. It came as it was revealed that an American State Department security official had been killed in an attack on a US base near Baghdad airport.
