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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-03-06 11:58 AM
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Two mass graves discovered near Kirkuk -- police source
IRBIL, Sept 3 (KUNA) -- Two mass graves were discovered Sunday by the Iraqi police and an Iraqi human rights committee west of Kirkuk city northern Iraq.

A police source in Kirkuk stated that a mass grave, which held 20 victims in it, was found in Tobzawah village west of Kirkuk city.

A citizen also found another mass grave behind the former Baath regime intelligence headquarters in Khareez neighborhood, said the human rights committee of Khangeen district.

Mass graves were also discovered in Juwar Qurnnah area in Sulaimaniyah province.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=901576



These seem to be Saddam-era mass graves.

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