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To: NickSE who wrote (90326)4/5/2003 5:12:19 PM
From: NickSE  Respond to of 281500
 
British Find 200 Bodies, Grim Photos Near Basra
abcnews.go.com

.....In a cargo container near the coffins, British soldiers found scrapbooks stuffed with faded photographs of corpses, most of which appeared to have gunshot wounds to the head.

Vanessa Allen, a correspondent with Britain's Press Association, reported that some of the faces had been burned, mutilated or scarred by horrific wounds.

"Bloody hell, these are all executions," Captain Jack Kemp was quoted as saying by the Press Association as he leafed through the gory photographs. It was not clear if the pictures were connected to the nearby remains.....

.....Outside the warehouse was a wall dotted with a spray of bullet holes, most at head height. Tiny concrete cells were discovered nearby......