Iraq: Mass grave found south of Baghdad

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers acting on tips from detained Shiite militiamen found 14 bodies Saturday that had been buried in a field south of Baghdad, officials said.

It was the second discovery this week of mass graves in the area, raising to 44 the number of bodies located by Iraqi troops.

Twelve bodies found Saturday had been dumped in one grave about 500 yards away from the local office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement, while two others were buried together in a nearby area on the western outskirts of Mahmoudiya, a city spokesman said.

The spokesman, Ather Kamil, said the bodies were found after members of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia were detained and confessed to killing and burying dozens of Sunnis as well as some Shiites killed for criminal purposes.



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detained and confessed? I'll bet there is a word missing in that sentence.

[PDJane]

1. mmm..............

Or two.

[Wizard777]

2. If you execute the right mass murderer. Aren't his trade mark mass graves supposed to stop?

:shrug:

[Kip Humphrey]

3. Must be time for Iraq War supplemental funding.

[anokaflash]

4. Starts with 'T'

"detained and confessed? I'll bet there is a word missing in that sentence."

Does it start with 'T' . . Hmmmmm . . . Tickled . . .

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[Wilber_Stool]

5. I'm getting sick and tired

of them calling 14 bodied a mass grave. It puts them on par with the ones found in Bosnia or Guatemala with thousands of bodies.