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Iraqi Kurds discover another mass grave of Saddam's victims: report
afp ^ | 6/14/03

Posted on 06/14/2003 3:00:08 AM PDT by Ranger

ARBIL, (Southern Kurdistan), June 13 (AFP) Kurdish residents of northern Iraq have discovered another mass grave of victims of the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein, a Kurdish newspaper reported Friday.

Khabat, which speaks for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Massoud Barzani, said hundreds of Kurds had been digging up at the site since Wednesday to unearth remains of their loved ones.

The paper claimed that the remains of 3,000 civilians, including women and children, had been unearthed at the site west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on the road to Baiji.

The victims had gone missing in two stages -- during the anti-Kurd campaign in 1988-1989, which Kurds refer to as Anfal and which includes the infamous chemical gas attack on Halabja, and when the Saddam regime crushed a Kurdish uprising in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War.

Dozens of mass graves have been uncovered all over Iraq since Saddam's ouster by invading US-led forces on April 9.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; kirkuk; kurdistan; kurds; massgraves

1 posted on 06/14/2003 3:00:08 AM PDT by Ranger
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To: Ranger
Too bad this war was "all about the oil", huh?

I wonder if all the "human shields" are getting good video of these graves...
2 posted on 06/14/2003 3:40:36 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("For great justice...")
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
These mass graves are the "unfound WMD" as far as I'm concerned. Wonder when the LIEberal media will give them the importance they deserve????
3 posted on 06/14/2003 3:43:33 AM PDT by Elkiejg
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To: Ranger
Just one more reason to hate Democrats who wanted to keep this modern day Hitler in power. Are you listening Byrd? Dasshole? Etc..Etc..Etc.
4 posted on 06/14/2003 3:44:34 AM PDT by tupac
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To: Ranger; All
-When the Dungeon Doors Swing Open...--
5 posted on 06/14/2003 3:46:36 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the sunset...)
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To: Elkiejg
Wonder when the LIEberal media will give them the importance they deserve????

I'm not holding my breath.

They're too busy chanting their "Where are the WMD's?!" mantra, despite any and all logical argument they're shown.

Kind of like the whole "TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH! TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!" spew.

It doesn't matter what you show to prove them otherwise, their incessant hatred for GWB overshadows all possibility of reason.

6 posted on 06/14/2003 5:23:16 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("For great justice...")
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To: Ranger
The same idiots who are whining about the WMDs now are the ones who supported Clinton bombing Yugoslavia over the accusation that there were mass graves of Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo. Most (maybe all) of those graves turned out to be hoaxes, but no one ever questioned Clinton's actions.

WFTR
Bill

7 posted on 06/14/2003 2:00:24 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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