Mosul, Iraq, Dec 14, SPA -- U.S. troops discovered eight more bodies in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, bringing the number of bodies found there since Nov. 10 to more than 150, the U.S. military said Tuesday. U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Hastings said the number of bodies found so far was more than 150, though it wasn't known if all were affiliated with the police or Iraqi National Guard. On Sunday, seven bodies with gunshot wounds were found ina western Mosul neighborhood, and an eighth was foundseparately, Hastings said. Their identities were not known,but the body found alone had a sign believed left byinsurgents suggesting the man was from the Iraqi NationalGuard. Separately, a police officer was wounded when gunmen shotat his car in western Mosul on Monday, police Capt. AhmedKhalil said.--SPA1323 Local Time 1023 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/224808
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