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| 22 bodies found in Iraq mass grave |
| 2007-11-07 |
| Iraqi forces have uncovered a mass grave containing 22 bodies near a vast lake northwest of Baghdad, the US military said on Tuesday. It said the grave was discovered on Saturday near Thar Thar lake, which spans the central-west provinces of Anbar and Salaheddin, during an operation by US and Iraqi forces targeting Al Qaeda hideouts. “The Iraqi army and provincial security forces are investigating the mass grave to determine the identities of the deceased and the causes of death for notification of their families,” the military statement said. US and Iraqi forces have been cracking down in central and western regions of Iraq where militants chased out of Baghdad appear to have taken refuge in outlying towns and villages. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 lol, Bobby. Snark o' the day material there you got. And, Glen...exact same question that popped in my head. Of course, this is Pakistani journalism, so I'm sure we'll never know. Of course, I assume that it'd be the same if it were American MSM. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-11-07 10:28 |
| #2 Good questions, Glenmore. In the old days, you might've had a future in journalism. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-11-07 07:33 |
| #1 How old was this mass grave? Days? Months? Decades? Doesn't seem like the bad guys have had time lately to do more than pitch bodies out of moving trucks onto the streets in most places, so either this has been an area under total bad guy control until just recently or this is an old grave. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-11-07 07:19 |