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Skeletons found in mass graves in Somalia
Associated Press ^ | Mar 6, 2014 12:44 PM EST | Jason Straziuso

Posted on 03/06/2014 10:29:54 AM PST by Olog-hai

An American volunteer gently brushes away dirt to reveal the bones of a Somali victim buried in a mass grave some 30 years ago. Tens of thousands of skeletons may lie in mass graves here, on the northern edge of Somalia, where many want to see justice prevail, even if delayed.

Last year 38 bodies were uncovered in two graves by the Somaliland War Crimes Investigation Commission, which is overseeing the work on a third site where another dozen bodies are buried.

More than 200 mass graves with the bodies of 50,000 to 60,000 people may be in the region, according to the commission. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jihad; massgrave; rop; somalia

1 posted on 03/06/2014 10:29:54 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Skeletons found in mass graves in Somalia

Well what else would you find in mass graves? Must be written by a journalism major.

2 posted on 03/06/2014 10:42:36 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

Were they expecting to find pink stuffed bunny rabbits?


3 posted on 03/06/2014 10:47:10 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Olog-hai

No biggie. Remember that they found all those dead bodies that Saddam killed over the years...nobody cared at all and if you mention that to someone they look at you like you are a loon.


4 posted on 03/06/2014 11:14:46 AM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: Olog-hai

I can’t believe a bastion of highly advanced civilization like Somalia would have something like mass graves.

Just damn.


5 posted on 03/06/2014 11:19:25 AM PST by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: from occupied ga

Cream of the AP crop.


6 posted on 03/06/2014 11:22:50 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Somalia ... islam ... mass graves ...

Might be some connection there.


7 posted on 03/06/2014 11:24:05 AM PST by IronJack
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I’m shocked!!!!


8 posted on 03/06/2014 11:31:16 AM PST by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: Turbo Pig

It sounds as if the “religion of peace” sent many “to peace”. Oh...those moozlums!


9 posted on 03/06/2014 3:30:47 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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