2 Mass Graves in Iraq May Hold 15,000 Bodies
Associated Press Wednesday, May 14, 2003; Page A19
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[A "for the record" post serving as a tribute to the countless victims of the Saddam regime.]
LONDON, May 13 -- More mass graves have been found at two new sites in Iraq, containing at least 4,000 bodies and perhaps as many as 15,000, human rights groups and a British news report said today. ...
An Open Secret Is Laid Bare at Mass Grave in Iraqi Marsh
By Patrick E. Tyler
The New York Times May 14, 2003
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MAHAWIL, Iraq, Wednesday, May 14 — When the buses and vans started coming twice a day in April 1991 to disgorge their loads of victims, Hassan Maki tried to keep a rough count of the Shiites who were disappearing before his eyes.
They were driven down a dirt road into the salt marshes next to a brick factory. They were forced out of the vehicles. Mr. Maki could barely see them in the distance because of the haze that often lies over the marshes here in central Iraq, about 50 miles south of Baghdad.
Then the gunfire began. The figures wilted onto the ground. A bulldozer came to cover them with earth in what appears now to be one of the largest mass graves uncovered in Iraq, with an estimated 3,000 bodies found. After the bodies were disposed of, the sequence started over with another busload. ...
3,000 Bodies Exhumed at Iraq Mass Grave
By Scheherezade Faramarzi
The Associated Press Wednesday, May 14, 2003; 4:17 PM
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... [Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch] said at least 200,000 people disappeared in Iraq during the past two decades, and human rights groups are tracking suspected locations of many other mass grave sites across the country. ...
Iraq: U.S. Unresponsive on Mass Graves
New Information on Site North of Baghdad
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(Baghdad, May 14, 2003) ... Human Rights Watch called on the U.S.-led coalition to take immediate steps to secure the gravesite in Muhammad Sakran, and to provide the necessary forensic assistance to identify the remains and secure evidence for criminal investigations into the executions.
“By conservative estimates, at least 290,000 people are missing in Iraq, and the answer to their whereabouts likely lies in these graves,” said Bouckaert. “The U.S.-led coalition must take the lead, not only in securing gravesites, but quickly communicating its commitment to exhume and identify the remains.” ...
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