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April 7, 2015

Iraq: Investigators Comb Through Mass Graves in Tikrit 
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Officials in Iraq say investigators have begun combing through mass
graves in the city of Tikrit after it was reclaimed from the
self-proclaimed Islamic State. The graves may contain the bodies of up
to 1,700 soldiers who were captured by the Islamic State as they swept
into the city in June.

 

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