The Iraqi police said Thursday they found 20 unidentified bodies in execution-style in different parts of the Iraqi capital during the past 24 hours.

"Our patrols collected 20 unidentified bodies in Baghdad's neighborhoods," a well-informed police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Most of the bodies were handcuffed, blindfolded and showing signs of torture with bullet holes in the chest and head, he said.

The daily gruesome finding of unidentified corpses continued in the capital despite the US and Iraqi security offensive, which has achieved no visible progress in reducing violence or realizing national reconciliation between rival factions in Iraq.

(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2007)