Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam

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Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
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Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes or allow his party to return...

Iraqi members of the Civil Defense and officials cover the bones from an unearthed mass grave of Kurds in west of the city of Samawa, Iraq April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

The grave, found in the desert about 170 km west of the city of Samawa, contained the remains of dozens of Kurds made to “disappear” by Saddam’s forces, Salih’s office said. “He killed them because they did not accept the continuation of this regime, because they wanted to live a free and dignified life,” Salih, a Kurd, told a news conference at the grave site.

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