'Mass Grave' Near Basra

[Ian Glass]

(CBS) Brits Find Boxes Of Human Remains

British forces in southern Iraq have found hundreds of boxes containing human remains in a warehouse near Zubayr [10 miles southwest of Basra] and are investigating how they got there, military officials said Saturday.

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~~Ian

[rabmurdy]

The remains all date from around 1985 and are believed to be remains of soldiers who died in the Iran Iraq war. They were apparently returned by the Iranians.



Bang goes another opportunity to disgust the American public.

[Woody]

Source?

And what is up with that 10 characters minimum for posts?

Originally Posted by rabmurdy

The remains all date from around 1985 and are believed to be remains of soldiers who died in the Iran Iraq war. They were apparently returned by the Iranians.



Bang goes another opportunity to disgust the American public.

[Hierophant]

Originally Posted by Woody

Source?

And what is up with that 10 characters minimum for posts?

The article by the BBC linked above brings up the possibility that they are soldiers from the Iran-Iraq war in the 80's... However it goes the other way as well and they won't know until the catalogs detailing the identities of the bodies are translated and matched with the bodies themselves.

[Woody]

Ah, alright. *Makes note to read sources listed.*

Still, the above poster made it sound like it was fact when it seems no one knows what happened.

Originally Posted by W. Luke

The article by the BBC linked above brings up the possibility that they are soldiers from the Iran-Iraq war in the 80's... However it goes the other way as well and they won't know until the catalogs detailing the identities of the bodies are translated and matched with the bodies themselves.

[Ian Glass]

Originally Posted by rabmurdy

Bang goes another opportunity to disgust the American public.

Read past the first few paragraphs in the BBC article. Other theories with supporting evidence found there have been given, too. Like Wayne said, no one particularly knows. If you have something from a more authoritative source, I'd very much like to see it.

I also appreciate your flame-bait, though it could have been so much more creative. I'll give you a four for originality, a seven for artistic delivery, and a six for technical merit.

~~Ian

[mmi]

I'm thinking these remains may have been gathered from a variety of sources - there's evidence that "interrogations" (aka torture and executions) were conducted onsite

Still, the above poster made it sound like it was fact when it seems no one knows what happened.

well, it works for Fox