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Forensic Investigations at Two Mass Graves, Ninawa Province, Iraq (2005)
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1. Ninawa0002 and Ninawa0009 were the names used to designate two mass grave trenches near Al Hatra, Iraq. The Ninawa0002 grave site came to the attention of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 1988, and by 2000 the site was identified as “al Hadar” (al Hatra), due to its proximity to the nearby historical ruins. On 15 July 2003, the 31st Military Police Detachment Criminal Investigation Division (CID) began an excavation after human remains were discovered during earlier testing (Graziano, 2004)....