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2019-07-27 Iraq

Iraqi colonel sheds tears beside Samawa mass grave

[RUDAW.NET] Ahmed al-Muthana, an Iraqi Army colonel in charge of protecting excavation work at three mass grave sites uncovered in Samawa near the Saudi border, broke into tears when he saw the remains of Kurdish civilians buried there thirty years ago.

The remains of hundreds of women and kiddies have been found in the burial pits. They are victims of Saddam Hussein’s campaign of extermination known as the Anfal, launched in the late 1980s to punish the Kurds for their rebellion.

Muthana, who was sent to the site by Baghdad’s Ministry of Interior, spoke to Rudaw as excavation work got underway at the first mass grave site. He could not hide his revulsion.

"This is the first time I have seen a mass grave up close. The tragedy that can be seen in this mass grave is huge," Muthana told Rudaw on Tuesday.

"I wonder what was the sin and crime of those children and women from Kurdistan to be buried alive," he added.

Muthana condemned the actions of the former Baathist order, branding it a "buried regime".

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