Ten bodies with signs of torture were found Friday, apparently victims of the sectarian death squads roaming in and around Iraq's capital, while four people died in scattered attacks — including a relative of the judge presiding at Saddam Hussein's trial.The corpses of seven men and one woman were all found in east Baghdad neighborhoods. They were blindfolded, and had their hands and legs bound, police said.Two more corpses, riddled with bullets and also bound, were pulled from the Tigris River in Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad. They showed signs of torture, said Maamoun al-Ajili, an official with the Kut morgue.U.S. commanders said there has been a spike in sectarian violence in Iraq — particularly in the capital — since the start of Ramadan, which Sunnis started observing on Sept. 23 and Shiites two days later....
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