Mass grave with 28 bodies found in Baquba

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi soldiers found 28 bodies in a mass grave south of Baquba, a U.S. military statement released Thursday said.

The site was identified by members of the Iraqi army and coalition forces.

According to the U.S. military, the bodies were first moved to the Narwan area for identification by family members and were then transported to an Iraqi Police station in Baghdad.

Iraqi authorities are investigating. The mass grave was discovered Wednesday.

Fighting on Wednesday between coalition forces and insurgents shut down the city of Baquba, killing scores of militants and civilians, The Associated Press reported. (Full story)

more;http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.html

[maddezmom]

1. 86 corpses found across Iraq

Iraqi and US forces have found at least 86 corpses across Iraq over the past 24 hours, according to the US military and local security officials.

A security official said that 58 corpses were recovered in Baghdad, while the US military said 28 bodies were found in a "mass grave" in the north-eastern Diyala province.

The military said the 28 bodies found south of Baquba, the provincial seat of Diyala, were first taken to Nahrwan for possible identification by family members and then transported to Baghdad

more:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1801492.htm

[PassingFair]

2. "killing scores of militants and civilians"

:cry:

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. This would be a Bush-related mass grave

Preferable, no doubt, to the Saddam-related mass graves...

:eyes:

[NOLADEM]

4. Sadly, that is no mass grave...that is just the morning dead