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Iraq: Investigators Comb Through Mass Graves in Tikrit

HeadlineApr 07, 2015

Officials in Iraq say investigators have begun combing through mass graves in the city of Tikrit after it was reclaimed from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The graves may contain the bodies of up to 1,700 soldiers who were captured by the Islamic State as they swept into the city in June.

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