New mass grave found near Kirkuk

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government said today.

New mass grave found near Kirkuk

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government said today.

Majid Abdullah Karim of the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights said the number could be lower because only bones were found.

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