At the scene of the attack, witnesses said a group of insurgents
in one or two cars followed the Spaniards, who were traveling south in two four-wheel-drive vehicles.
From their cars, the gunmen -- joined by people on the side
of the road -- fired on the Spaniards in what appeared to be a coordinated ambush that lasted 30 minutes, during which only
one of the eight escaped, the witnesses said.
A crowd at the scene chanted pro-Saddam slogans and kicked
the bodies after the killings, the witnesses said. Spanish television stations showed pictures of some of the bodies by the
roadside, with young Iraqi men and boys standing over them and appearing to kick some of the bodies
