Article: Mass grave discovered in Iraq's holy Shiite city

Article: 3,000 bodies unearthed in mass grave Victims likely ...
Oakland Tribune;  May 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... been buried alive. The mass grave in Mahaweel, 60 miles ... S. forces overthrew Saddam's Baath Party government ... prisoners executed by Saddam's government had been ... from a newly discovered mass grave near Basra, the country ... Shiite Muslims killed by Saddam's regime after a ...

Transcript: Analysis: Largest mass grave uncovered in Iraq ...
NPR All Things Considered;  May 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Analysis: Largest mass grave uncovered in Iraq since fall of Saddam Hussein Host: MELISSA ... have gathered at a mass grave discovered about ... uprising against Saddam Hussein. But how ... Watch): Exhuming a mass grave with a bulldozer ...

Article: Mass grave of civilians found in Iraq: Dozens ...
Charleston Gazette;  May 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... a failed Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991. Sabah Amir Mohammed ... Saturday and Sunday from a shallow mass grave about 13 miles northwest of Najaf ... what they say could be victims of Saddam's various purges, retribution ...

Article: Evidence of Saddam Sought at Mass Grave
AP Online;  October 13, 2004 ;     493 words ... ... have begun unearthing a mass grave near this northern Iraqi ... in a future trial of Saddam Hussein. The bodies ... preparing the trial of Saddam and his henchmen. Kehoe ... can excavate only one mass grave at a time. European ... of their concerns that Saddam could face the death ...

Article: Saddam-era mass grave uncovered in ...
AP Worldstream;  September 9, 2004 ;     264 words ... ... northeastern Iraq uncovered a mass grave believed to hold the ... of people killed under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship ... Ministry. In 1988, Saddam's forces launched a ... We think that this mass grave contains dozens, or ... brutal oppression during Saddam's rule, with tens ...

Article: Iraqi mass grave contains `thousands of ...
The Independent - London;  May 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... VILLAGERS have discovered a mass grave containing the remains ... apparently put to death by Saddam Hussein's regime ... said. Since the fall of Saddam, Iraqi citizens who ... now helping to uncover mass grave sites in places as far ... then ignored by the US. Saddam put down the ...

Article: Investigators unearthing mass grave in search of ...
AP Worldstream;  October 12, 2004 ;     469 words ... ... have begun unearthing a mass grave near this village in ... in a future trial of Saddam Hussein. The bodies ... preparing the trial of Saddam and his henchmen. Kehoe ... can only excavate one mass grave at a time. Experienced ... of their concerns that Saddam could face the death ...