Mass Graves

“In Iraq … we are transforming a place of torture chambers and mass graves into a nation of laws and free institutions.”

George W. Bush
Address to the Nation
September 7, 2003

Marine engineers patrolling near Ramadi on Wednesday reported coming across a mass grave containing up to 350 bodies of Iraqis who appeared to have been killed in the fighting. It wasn’t clear whether the bodies belonged to combatants, civilians or both.

Knight Ridder Newspapers
Intense fighting continues across Iraq
April 7, 2004

Stolen from Billmon, proprietor of the Whiskey Bar