“Police discovered the bodies of 18 men who were abducted from their homes on Friday and shot in the head in a town near Baghdad, the deadliest this year in a spate of execution-style killings across Iraq. The corpses were found grouped together in an orchard in Meshahda, a predominantly Sunni Muslim area around 32 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad. A senior police source blamed al Qaeda. The victims were taken from their homes early on Friday by men wearing military uniforms and driving around six SUVs, police sources said. Two of the abductors were dressed as army officers.”
Source: Abductors in army uniform shoot dead 18 men near Baghdad | Reuters
