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MASS GRAVE UNCOVERED [15,000 Iraqi's]
Sky News ^
| 5/13/03
Posted on 05/13/2003 11:37:29 AM PDT by Ranger
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Up to 15,000 bodies found |
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MASS GRAVE UNCOVERED |
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The remains of 15,000 people killed by the regime of Saddam Hussein have been found in mass graves in central Iraq. The graves were discovered last week in the central city of Hilla, site of ancient Babylon, the Iraqi National Congress (INC) said.
The bodies are thought to date back to the Shiite uprising that followed the US withdrawal from Iraq in 1991. "In the last week, four sites have been discovered in Al-Hilla city alone, with approximately 15,000 bodies," said Entifadh Qanbar, a spokesman of the INC. 'Collecting bones' "Citizens are excavating with great sadness and no assistance, collecting bones. "Mothers and fathers are trying to identify their children with ID cards and scraps of clothes that they were last seen in," he said. |
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Iraqis uncover skull in Hilla
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He appealed to the US-led coalition's Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, and other organisations to help the Iraqi people account for hundreds of thousands still missing. A US army official in Hilla could not confirm the find in the graves, situated around 60 miles south of Baghdad. Torture But a spokesman from the Iraqi National Congress said that over a million people were killed during Saddam's reign. He also said that there was evidence of torture and murder among the 15,000 bodies found in Hilla. US marines at the site said the bones included those of children aged around 10-12. The International Committee of the Red Cross announced at the end of April that it had contacted coalition forces and a number of aid agencies to try to check numerous reports about mass graves in Iraq. |
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: atrocities; babylon; hilla; iraq; iraqifreedom; massgraves; saddamhussein
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:37:30 AM PDT
by
Ranger
To: Ranger
All the worry about WMD and all we keep turning up are bodies. Guess the war wasn't justified afterall.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:39:32 AM PDT
by
Ranger
To: Ranger
Lets see the Liberals ignore this one.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:39:40 AM PDT
by
VaBthang4
(Could someone show me one [1] Loserdopian elected to the federal government?)
To: Ranger
Never mind the 15,000 bodies. Where are the weapons of mass destruction?
/sarcasm
To: Ranger
"Citizens are excavating with great sadness and no assistance, collecting bones. "Mothers and fathers are trying to identify their children with ID cards and scraps of clothes that they were last seen in," he said.
That's just sad. It sounds like a good job for the weasly nations to do, helping these people, you know if they really want to help!
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:42:43 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(Breaking down the stereotypes of soccer moms everyday!)
To: Ranger
The graves were discovered last week ... Sky News: "But we just got our typewriters yesterday..."
To: Ranger
Garofoolo always said that the reason she didn't protest against Clinton's Kosovo action, was because that was about genocide and therefore justified.How many mass graves have to be unearthed for the word "genocide" to be used in connection with Iraq? I'm sure Hollywood and the left has a number-it's probably one more than whatever the total is-in any Bush war.
To: Ranger
I hope these were intentional deaths and not accidental ones. I'd hate to see charges filed against Saddam for Peace Crimes. That would be deeply saddening.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:45:06 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Smokers are people too, most are good people. But Will Rogers never met me.)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: Larry Lucido
Never mind the 15,000 bodies. Where are the weapons of mass destruction? A series quagmire for sure.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:47:33 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
To: Ranger
I am somewhat ashamed that we abandoned these people in '91. I understand the political issues involved but look at the cost of obsequesence to the UN.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:47:33 AM PDT
by
AdA$tra
(Tagline maintenance in progress......)
To: Ranger
The 'Rats attitude: "Who cares? They are already dead. What about WMD's?"
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:47:49 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: AdA$tra
I think you nailed it.
To: Ranger
Probably put there by GWB...
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:58:18 AM PDT
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bruin66
To: AdA$tra
Amen
To: Ranger
These
idiots (...and these
idiots, and these
idiots, etc.) ought to be forced to see these graves first-hand!
To: Ranger
Yeah. If I read one more article about us not finding WMD's I am going to scream.
To: VaBthang4
Lets see the Liberals ignore this one. If the libs could ignore the 10 million killed by Stalin ignoring 15k is child's play.
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posted on
05/13/2003 12:12:09 PM PDT
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skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: skeeter
"If the libs could ignore the 10 million killed by Stalin ignoring 15k is child's play. "
Really - In a very liberal part of the wacky city of Seattle close enough to me to boycot, (the entire city) they actually have a statue of Stalin. They like the guy enough to put a statue up.
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posted on
05/13/2003 12:16:42 PM PDT
by
ezo4
To: Ranger
Containment was working....
< \sarcasm >
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posted on
05/13/2003 12:31:28 PM PDT
by
SW6906
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