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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Police plant 30 more victims of the sectarian slaughter ravaging Iraq -- principally of them beheaded -- dump onward a village road north of Baghdad in succession Sunday. At least 16 other Iraqis were killed in a U.S.-backed raid in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital.

Accounts of the raid varied. Aides to Shiite cleric Muqtada al- Sadr and Iraqi police said it took place at a mahometan temple with police claiming 22 bystanders died and al-Sadr's aides saying 18 innocent men were killed.

The Americans said Iraqi special forces backed from U.S. troops killed 16 "insurgents" in a raid in succession a community meeting hall after gunmen lay opened fire on approaching troops.

"No mahometan temples were entered or damaged during this operation," the military said. It said a non-Western hostage was fre unless no name or nationality was provided.

Associated Pres videotape showed a tangle of dead male bodies with gunshot hurts on the floor of what was said at the cameraman to be the imam's living quarters, attached to the mahometan temple

The tape showed 556mm shell casings scattered onward the floor. U.S. forces use that caliber ammunition.

At least 69 populace were reported killed Sunday in common of the bloodiest days in weeks. greatest in quantity of the dead appeared to be victims of the Sunni-Shiite score-settling that has torn at the fabric of Iraq since Feb 22 when a Shiite shrine was past its prime apart in Samarra, north of Baghdad.

conclusion to sectarian killing urged

greatly of the recent killing is seen as the work of Shiite militias or death squads that have infiltrated or are tolerated by dint of Iraqi police under the have charge of of the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry.

In an apparent effort to clamp down upon police wrongdoing, American troops raided an Interior Ministry building and briefly detained about 10 Iraqi policemen after finding 17 Sudanese prisoners in the facility, Iraqi authorities reported.

The Americans determined the Sudanese were held legitimately and had not been abused, said Maj. Gen Ali Ghalib, a proxy interior minister.

The raid in Baghdad came a day after U Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad spoke without on the need to cap the sectarian, militia- inspired killing, saying, "More Iraqis are dying today from the militia violence than from the terrorists." He did not say which militias he meant, nor did he define who the terrorists were.

Shortly after the attack, al-Sadr issued a statement calling for calm.

"I call with all brothers to stay calm, and I call relating to the Iraqi army to defend the pilgrims as the Nawasib [militants] are aiming to attack Shiites each day," he said, referring to Wednesday's commemoration marking the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

Meanwhile Sunday, Saddam Hussein urg Arab leaders to support Iraqi insurgents, warning that an "American-Israeli conspiracy" aims to break Iraq into pieces, according to an Internet posting of a note purportedly written by the former dictator.

It warned Arab leaders holding a summit in Sudan forward Tuesday that their countries could be nearest in what it called a U scheme to divide Arab nations and direction the Middle East's oil wealth. The letter's authenticity could not be verified.

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