Twenty-two bodies found in Iraq mass grave

The remains of 22 bodies were found today in a mass grave south of Najaf dating back apparently to the 1991 Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces, police said.

Police officer Ali Abdul Hussein said the bodies were found in Kifil, about 20 miles south of Najaf, by labourers using a bulldozer to excavate earth near a water pipeline.