Baghdad, May 16, SPA -- The bodies of 38 men shot execution-style were found dumped around an abandoned chicken farm, a trash-strewn lot and an insurgent stronghold west of the capital, police said Sunday. The grisly finds were the latest in an endless stream of violence, much of it designed to destabilize Iraq's new government and hasten a U.S. retreat, The Associated Press reported. More than 450 people have been killed in just over two weeks since Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's Cabinet was announced. At least 10 more Iraqis were killed in a spree of bombings and shootings Sunday. On a lightning visit, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqis to be patient, saying the insurgency can be beaten with the help of a strong political alternative. "The insurgency is very violent but you defeat insurgencies not just militarily," Rice said after meeting with al-Jaafari and other officials in Baghdad and the northern Kurdish region. "The Iraqis ... are now going to have to intensify their efforts to demonstrate that in fact the political process is the answer for the Iraqi people."--SPA1137 Local Time 0837 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/262671