Iraqis search a mass grave site for remains using a large digger in a frantic search to find long-missing relatives near Hillah, Iraq. The chaotic digging caused such destruction of evidence -- of both crimes against humanity and of identity -- that Human Rights Watch began a campaign to embarass the U.S. military into closing the site.
Digging for Bodies at Hillah, 2003
Iraqis search a mass grave site for remains using a large digger in a frantic search to find long-missing relatives near Hillah, Iraq. The chaotic digging caused such destruction of evidence -- of both crimes against humanity and of identity -- that Human Rights Watch began a campaign to embarass the U.S. military into closing the site.
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Mass Grave at Hillah, 2003
A man is overcome with emotion while collecting his brother's remains from the mass grave at Hillah, Iraq. The site may contain up to 20,000 bodies.
Mass Grave at Hillah, 2003
A man is overcome with emotion while collecting his brother's remains from the mass grave at Hillah, Iraq. The site may contain up to 20,000 bodies.
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Identity card of missing man, 2003
Workers at a mass grave near Al-Musayab, Iraq, look at an identification card discovered with a body and record the person's ID number from it.
Identity card of missing man, 2003
Workers at a mass grave near Al-Musayab, Iraq, look at an identification card discovered with a body and record the person's ID number from it.
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Blindfolded corpse in shroud, 2003
A body layed out in a shroud, awaiting investigation by the Iraqi exhumation team, from the mass grave near Al-Musayab, Iraq. Many of the bodies wore decaying blindfolds.
Blindfolded corpse in shroud, 2003
A body layed out in a shroud, awaiting investigation by the Iraqi exhumation team, from the mass grave near Al-Musayab, Iraq. Many of the bodies wore decaying blindfolds.
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Grieving woman at Hillah Mass Grave, 2003
Wailing women in black dot the mass grave at Hillah, Iraq, where over 2,000 bodies have been exhumed.
Grieving woman at Hillah Mass Grave, 2003
Wailing women in black dot the mass grave at Hillah, Iraq, where over 2,000 bodies have been exhumed.
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