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Iraq Uncovers Mass Grave in Shi'ite Holy City
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=105763A:3919ACA Karbala officials
say bodies were uncovered near Imam Hussein's mausoleum, the holiest
Shi'ite shrine Iraqi authorities say they have found a mass grave
containing at least 20 bodies in Karbala, a holy city for Shi'ite
Muslims.

They say the grave was found by construction workers who were laying a
pipeline near the mausoleum of Imam Hussein, which is the Shi'ites'
holiest shrine.

Authorities are examining the remains, which they say include the
bodies of women and children. They believe those in the grave were
victims of Saddam Hussein's bloody suppression of a Shi'ite uprising
after the Gulf War in 1991.

More than 200 suspected mass graves have been reported since the fall
of Saddam's regime in 2003. Most of them were found in Iraq's
Shi'ite-dominated south and northern Kurdish region.

Some information for this report AFP and Reuters.

 


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