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November 8, 2016

Iraqi Military: Mass Grave Discovered in Hamam al-Alil, South of Mosul
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In Iraq, the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and government militias are
continuing the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS. The Iraqi
military says it discovered a mass grave with as many as 100 decapitated
bodies during its advance into the town of Hamam al-Alil to the south of
Mosul. This comes as residents of al-Qayyarah, a town about 40 miles
south of Mosul, report being sickened by the poisonous smoke from
continuously burning oil well fires. The Iraqi military says ISIS
militants lit the oil wells on fire in August while retreating from the
town. The fires continue to burn three months later.
Topics:Iraq

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