Twenty bodies found in mass grave in Iraq

[ProSense]

Twenty bodies found in mass grave in Iraq

02 Dec 2007 19:11:54 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces found a mass grave containing the bodies of around 20 men, women and childen near the former insurgent stronghold of Falluja on Sunday, police said.

They said the bodies were partly decomposed and had been found northeast of Falluja in an area once controlled by militants.

Falluja lies in western Anbar province, formerly the heart of the Sunni Arab insurgency and an area where al Qaeda also had a strong presence until Sunni Arab tribal sheikhs joined forces with the U.S. military to pacify the region.

Security forces have found several mass graves in recent months containing bodies of people believed to be victims of sectarian attacks that swept the country after a sacred Shi'ite shrine was bombed nearly two years ago. (Editing by Stephen Weeks)

20 bodies here, 20 bodies there...

[Dawggie]

1. Too damn bad none of them was a pretty blonde girl...

Then it would have actual non-stop coverage by the MSM for at least several months.

[Skittles]

2. you know it, Dawggie

welcome to DU :hi:

[Dawggie]

3. Thanks.

Finally decided to post something.

[Dawggie]

4. Kicking for the pretty black haired girl. n/t

[kentuck]

5. I thought is was the American troops that razed Fallujah?

Is it possible that our own troops may have caused some of those deaths? The people had no way to escape. Is it possible that they buried their own in mass graveyards. Just asking? I know it is not patriotic to pose such questions.