Mass grave in Iraq: tragic discovery of Kurdish women and children

Mass grave in Iraq: tragic discovery of Kurdish women and children

In Iraq, it is worked out with high pressure on the exhumation of around 100 Kurdish women and children, who became victims of the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. As the Krone , special teams have started to examine the mass grave that was discovered in 2019, in the province of Muthanna, around 15 to 20 kilometers from the main street in valley al-Shaikhia. The mass grave contains the remains of women and children found in Kurdish spring clothing, which indicates the terrible circumstances under which they were killed. According to Diaa Karim, the head of the Iraqi authority for mass graves, it is already the second grave of this kind at this point.

The murder are related to the devastating “FACH” campaign, in which almost 180,000 Iraqi Kurds were killed between 1987 and 1988 and thousands of villages were destroyed. The dead could have been buried with lively body, with a large part of life was killed by head shot, Karim reported. Another mass grave was found near the notorious Nugrat-Al-Salman prison, where dissidents were tortured and executed. Overall, the Iraqi government estimates that around 1.3 million people disappeared during the atrocities between 1980 and 1990.

mass graves in Iraq

according to wikipedia are mass graves in Iraq where at least six corpses were placed unmarked. These graves can often be recognized by mounds or deep pits. They were used during various conflicts to disguise the extra -gegal killing of civilians, prisoners of war and rival factions. The mass graves are not only relics of the Saddam-Hussein era, but also tragedies that last through the violence of various groups to this day.

The exhumations are in the context of a comprehensive processing of the crimes that were committed under the Baath regime and later during the Iraqi civil war and through the atrocities of the ISIS supporters. The continuation of this work is crucial to understand a piece of the painful history of Iraq and to do justice to the victims and their families.