Muthanna0002 (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble. Caroline Steele. Susan Malin-Boyce. David Z. C. Hines.

Executive Summary 1. Muthanna0002 was the name used to designate a mass grave complex southeast of the town of As Samawah, Muthanna Province, Iraq. The Muthanna0002 graves were initially discovered around 1998 by Bedouin herders. Coalition forces were first informed of the site’s existence in May 2003, at which time the I MEF Mass Gravesite Assessment Team, Task Force – Justice, under Major Alvin Schmidt, conducted a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE). The team categorized the alleged mass...