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Mass Graves in Iraq
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The hand of an Iraqi man identified as Ali Karim, is seen shortly after his and another body were found buried together, on the grounds of Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. According to his friends, Karim had been a refrigerator repairman, and he disappeared about two weeks into the war after making a satellite telephone call, which had been prohibited under Saddam Hussein's regime. The bodies of executed prisoners, thought to have been killed in the last days or weeks of Hussein's regime, have been discovered, often bound and shot, inside the prison compound buried in shallow makeshift graves.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's special envoy on human rights Ann Clywd looks at plastic bags containing personal belongings of unidentified people at a mass grave in Mahawil, south of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, June 1, 2003. Some 5,000 bodies of murdered Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims were found in the area after President Saddam Hussein's overthrow last month, and about 1,000 are still unidentified.
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Hamidah Naji Hadi sits in the bus that will take her home, next to the plastic bag containing the remains of her husband Khalil Na'ama Hadi, after they were pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of more than 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
A human skull sits in a plastic bag after being pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of more than 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
An unseen man holds a woman's skull after it was pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of more than 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
An Iraqi Kurd digs out the remains of his missing relative, Othman Mahmood Mohammed, at a suspected mass grave in Mosul, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday June 17, 2003. Thousands of Iraqi Kurds were persecuted during the regime of ousted ruler Saddam Hussein. Mohammed's remains will be brought for proper burial to Sulaimaniyah further north.
An Iraqi man shouts slogans against Iraq's ousted President Saddam Hussein as he sits near the remains of his relative, shiite Muslim cleric Fadel al-Assadi at a cemetery for politcal victims of Saddam's regime in Abu Ghraib, 35 Kilometers (22 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday April 29, 2003. Al-Assadi was detained by Iraqi authorities in 1987, along with his two sons, and has been missing since then. His family recovered his remains, as well as those of his two sons, on Tuesday after a list with the names of people executed during Saddam's rule was released. Hundreds are buried in this cemetery in numbered graves.
Iraqi woman Halima Karim looks inside plastic bags containing personal belongings for clues to identify her missing son at a mass grave in Mahawil, south of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, June 1, 2003. Some 5,000 bodies of murdered Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims were found in the area after President Saddam Hussein's overthrow last month, and about 1,000 are still unidentified.
Iraqi woman Halima Karim looks at plastic bags containing personal belongings for clues to identify her missing son at a mass grave in Mahawil, south of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, June 1, 2003. Some 5,000 bodies of murdered Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims were found in the area after President Saddam Hussein's overthrow last month, and about 1,000 are still unidentified.
Um Ayad, the mother of an Iraqi civilian Alla Jassim Ibrahim, killed by shrapnel when a misile hit their home, from coalition forces aiming at a group of Iraqi soldiers positioned in their neighborhood, throws dirt from his grave on top of her head, in Basra, Iraq, May 13, 2003. At least 3,240 civilians died throughout the country, including 1,896 in Baghdad. The count is still fragmentary, and the complete number, if it is ever tallied, is sure to be significantly higher.
After nine days of excavations, villagers have exhumed the remains of about 3,000 people in Mahaweel, Iraq, southwest of Baghdad. A man weeps as he holds a plastic bag containing the remains of bodies pulled from the grave. But as many as 15,000 of dictator Saddam Hussein's victims are believed buried there, making it the largest mass grave site in Iraq. Many of the victims were Shiites, whose short-lived rebellion in 1991 was crushed by Saddam.
An Iraqi man shows a skull unearthed from a mass grave near the central city of Najaf in the latest such find in post-Saddam Iraq (news - web sites). At least 500 bodies, consisting of bones of women, children, elderly people and soldiers were found.
Outside Sources Remind Us
> Mass Graves of Iraq: Uncovering Atrocities
> NPR Iraq Mass Grave Photo Gallery
> Bodies Exhumed from Mass Grave in Iraq
> Iraq's Legacy of Terror: Mass Graves
> Human Rights Watch Gallery
> Experts: 300,000 in Saddam's Mass Graves
> Graves of Mass Evidence
> Iraq Mass Graves Field Report – w/Video
Iraqis wander through unidentified remains of dozens of people who were recently exhumed, at the site of a mass grave containing an unknown number of bodies, in a field just south of Babylon, Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2003. Locals describe soldiers from Saddam Hussein regime visiting the area at night for a period of several months following the first Gulf War, dumping bodies mixed up with trash.
Iraqi men dig for bodies on the grounds of Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The bodies of executed prisoners thought to have been killed in the last days or weeks of Saddam Hussein's regime, have been discovered inside the compound, buried in shallow makeshift graves.
An Iraqi man with a shovel stands over the newly-uncovered bodies of two men, shrouded with a sheet and newpapers, on the grounds of Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The bodies of executed prisoners, thought to have been killed in the last days or weeks of Saddam Hussein's regime, have been discovered, often bound and shot, inside the compound buried in shallow makeshift graves.
People searching for relatives executed during Saddam Hussein's rule, dig out the remains of a body at a suspected mass grave site in Salman Pak, 30 kms (18 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday June 8, 2003.
People looking for relatives executed during Saddam Hussein's rule, dig at a suspected mass grave site in Salman Pak, 30 kms (18 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday June 8, 2003.
People searching for relatives executed during Saddam Hussein's rule, dig at a suspected mass grave site in Salman Pak, 30 kms (18 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday June 8, 2003.
Iraqis wander through unidentified remains of dozens of people who were recently exhumed, at the site of a mass grave containing an unknown number of bodies, in a field just south of Babylon, Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2003. Locals describe soldiers from Saddam Hussein regime visiting the area at night for a period of several months following the first Gulf War, dumping bodies mixed up with trash.
A man searching for a loved one looks for identifying clues, as Iraqis wander through unidentified remains of dozens of people who were recently exhumed, at the site of a mass grave containing an unknown number of bodies, in a field just south of Babylon, Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2003. Locals describe soldiers from Saddam Hussein regime visiting the area at night for a period of several months following the first Gulf War, dumping bodies mixed up with trash.
Iraqis wander through unidentified remains of dozens of people who were recently exhumed, at the site of a mass grave containing an unknown number of bodies, in a field just south of Babylon, Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2003. Locals describe soldiers from Saddam Hussein regime visiting the area at night for a period of several months following the first Gulf War, dumping bodies mixed up with trash.
Iraqi men dig the mass grave with their hands to pull out bodies in Mahaweel, central Iraq, Wednesday, May 14, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of up to 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
A blindfolded skull rests in a coffin on Monday next to notes trying to identify the body, saying in Arabic ‘unkown martyr, grey shirt, dark grey trousers, heavy hair on the body,’ discovered in a mass grave outside Basra.
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