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Article: Mass grave of about 30 bodies found south of Baghdad
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2008
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Mass grave of about 30 bodies found south of Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi army soldiers found a mass
grave containing more than 30 bodies in the town of Mahmoudiyah
south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday.
The troops discovered the site of the mass grave at a house in
the town on Thursday and initial reports showed that the remains
have been buried for more than a year, the military said in a
statement.
The entire house has been declared as a grave site and the Iraqi
troops are excavating the entire area, the statement said, adding
that U.S. and Iraqi forces ...