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Mass graves found in Iraq
Iraqi workers dig for the remains of Iraqis from a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
Sloan Mann, USAID Abuse Protection Officer witnesses the removal of remains of Iraqi's from a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
An Iraqi holds up an ID card found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government. The bodies wrapped in linen shrouds are being held in a makeshift morgue in a youth center.
Iraqis search for their relatives and friends among victims found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government. The bodies wrapped in linen shrouds are being held in a makeshift morgue in a youth center.
Iraqi workers mark and record the details of the remains of a victim from a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
Iraqi workers remove the remains of Iraqis from a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad to be identified and reburied by relatives. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
A blindfolded victim found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
The remains of Iraqis from a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad lie wrapped in white linen shrouds before being moved to a makeshift mougue. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government.
Iraqis search for their relatives and friends among victims found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government. The bodies wrapped in linen shrouds are being held in a makeshift morgue in a youth center.
Two Iraqis look at lists of vicitims found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. The victims are thought to be from among some 2,000 persons reported missing after the 1991 uprising against the Iraqi government. The bodies wrapped in linen shrouds are being held in a makeshift morgue in a youth center.
Aweda Abed Al-Amer, 48, grieves over two members of her family found in a mass grave in Musayib, 75 KM SW of Baghdad. She lost 5 members of her family including her husband, son and 3 nephews after an uprising against the Iraqi government in 1991.The bodies wrapped in linen shrouds are being held in a makeshift morgue in a youth center for possible identification.
DART Abuse Prevention Officer, Jean Geran, (also a Foreign Affairs Officer at the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor) carries out an assessment of a mass grave in southern Iraq. The location of the mass grave was marked by a black mourning flag, 20 kilometers southeast of Basrah. Human Rights Watch, which has visited the site, estimates the mass grave may contain the remains of several hundred people. Despite the hazard posed by unexploded ordnance in the area, some residents have begun to unearth graves, looking for missing relatives.
DART members (left to right, Nizar Zhaiya, Donna Kerner and Majid Mulla) investigate a mass grave, 20 kilometers southeast of Basrah. The area was littered with human bone fragments, torn shoes and shreds of clothing, some of which appeared to be bloodstained
A sweater, a shirt and a knotted piece of bloodsoaked cloth, possibly a blindfold, found at a mass grave, 20 kilometers southeast of Basrah. Human Rights Watch estimates the huge site, in the Abu Hasib neighborhood, may contain the remains of several hundred people.
A black flag waves above the site where a mass grave is located southeast of Basra. In the foreground is a human bone fragment that appears to be a hip bone. The gravesite, measuring about 400 meters square, is made up of 50 horseshoe-shaped mounds of earth, which contain tattered pieces of clothing and shoes. At least one of the horseshoe mounds contained an array of old, apparently abandoned Iraqi unexploded ordnance. Despite the dangers, Iraqis have begun to dig at the site to try to locate the remains of missing relatives
A sign of mourning posted recently outside a house in a neighborhood a few kilometers from a mass grave southeast of Basrah. The sign in Arabic reads: “ Matar Jaber Ali was killed by Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party in 1991.” Matar's brothers put up the sign outside their house after they dug up a robe at the mass grave, which they believe their brother was wearing when he disappeared in 1991. Similar signs can be seen posted throughout southern Iraq, often with printed photos of people missing or killed by Saddam's brutal regime.
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Mass graves found in Musiyab and a remote location southeast of Basrah


DART members (left to right, Nizar Zhaiya, Donna Kerner and Majid Mulla) investigate a mass grave, 20 kilometers southeast of Basrah. The area was littered with human bone fragments, torn shoes and shreds of clothing, some of which appeared to be bloodstained
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DART members (left to right, Nizar Zhaiya, Donna Kerner and Majid Mulla) investigate a mass grave, 20 kilometers southeast of Basrah. The area was littered with human bone fragments, torn shoes and shreds of clothing, some of which appeared to be bloodstained

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