13 more bodies found in Mosul; Four workers of British firm confirmed dead

11 of the 35 have been identified as members of the Iraqi security forces, The AP reported.

U.S. soldiers patrolling Mosul and nearby Tal Afar on Thursday morning located nine bodies on the western part of the city. Two more bodies were found in the city later in the day.

In Tal Afar, one Iraqi National Guard soldier was found dead. A second body was discovered in a different location.

The military late Thursday had reported the discovery of another two bullet-riddled bodies in western Mosul.

Meanwhile, a British security firm has confirmed that four of its workers were killed and 15 injured in an attack Thursday in Baghdad's Green Zone. (albawaba.com)

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MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces have discovered another 15 dead bodies in and around Mosul, a U.S. military spokeswoman says, raising to at least 30 the number of bodies found over the past two weeks in the tense city.

"We don't have any specifics on who they were or how they were killed at this point, it's all under investigation," said Captain Angela Bowman, spokeswoman for U.S. forces in the north of Iraq, on Friday.

Thirteen bodies were found on the western side of the city, which straddles the Tigris river in the north of Iraq, on Thursday, and two more were found in Tal Afar, about 40 km (24 miles) west of Mosul, the spokeswoman said.

Over the past two weeks, since Mosul erupted into violence on November 10-11 when insurgents overran police stations and attacked U.S. military convoys, at least 30 bodies have been found in various parts of the city.

Some were decapitated and dismembered, while others were shot in the head. Several of them were identified as members of the Iraqi National Guard or Iraqi army.

Insurgents have been targeting Iraq's security forces in an effort to undermine attempts by U.S. and Iraqi authorities to set up a dependable police force and other security branches.

In the attacks launched on November 10, insurgents overran and then looted more than a dozen police stations in Mosul and then blew many of them up. At least 3,200 of Mosul's 4,000 police deserted without firing a shot in self-defence.

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