Mortar barrages, roadside bombings and drive-by shootings killed 10 Iraqis, officials said Monday, and Iraq's new government vowed to crackdown against the killers of more than 40 people found slain in the past 48 hours. Batches of bodies, many blindfolded and bound, were found in various locations over the weekend, from a rubbish-strewn vacant lot in Baghdad's Sadr City to a chicken farm south of the capital in a region dubbed the Triangle of Death. Few details were available on the possible reasons for the killings. The spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari condemned the killings and said security forces were determined to catch those responsible. The attacks "aim to create sectarian fighting in the country because such clashes could bring more recruits to (militant) groups," spokesman Laith Kuba told The Associated Press on Monday. "The government is aware of that and will not let this plan succeed."
