Thursday 17 February 2005, 15:09 Makka Time, 12:09 GMT
Eight employees of a US military base situated near the town of Balad were found death, on Wednesday in the north of Baghdad.
One of them was a Turkish citizen, the rest Iraqis.
As police officer Adil Abd Allah claimed, "Seven of the dead are Iraqis but the eighth is believed to be a Turk as he has the name 'Turkey' tattooed on his body, but none of them were carrying identification papers."
Other official sources reffered that all of the people found were shot at least three days ago, they were probably captured while on their way to work.
All of them had their hands tied behind their back, all were shot in the head and another had his throat cut.
Il Romanaccio at 7:31 PM