Disclosure of 32 mass graves of al Qaeda in Diayala

Shafaq News/ The director of the Iraq organization Talib Khazraji said in a statement "Shafaq News" has been informed "The security forces in Diayala province found since 2008 till today 36 mass graves scattered in different parts of the province," he said, adding that "32 cemetery belong to the victims of terrorism who were killed by the hands of armed groups during the period of the security deterioration that has occurred between the years 2006-2008, ".

"The tombs contain some 360 bodies belonging to women and children, and their presence is concentrated in the south and east of Baquba," He said noting that " some of the tombs have been opened under the formal decision issued by the Iraqi judiciary."

"The security services in the province found three mass graves containing the bodies of other elements and leaders of al Qaeda in southern Buhriz, south of Baquba," Khazraji added ,pointing out that "these graves contain the bodies of more than 263."

The Ministry of Human Rights announced during last year that 400 mass graves have been found in Iraq after the fall of the former regime in 2003, pointing at the same time it can not open more than a dozen graves in a year because they need a great effort of exhumation and identification of their owners.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 08:30

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