Iraq exhumes remains of Saddam-era victims from mass grave ...Kuwait

Iraqi authorities have exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold dozens more likely killed under dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said Saturday. The mass grave was first discovered in April near the southern city of Najaf, during work to build a residential compound. It is believed to date back to the 1990s, when Saddam unleashed a deadly campaign against members of the majority Shia Muslim community in southern Iraq that left nearly 100,000 dead. "There could be 100 victims in this grave. It is an estimation, the number could be higher due to the large size of the area," said Abdul Ilah al-Naeli, who heads a government foundation tasked

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