BBC: Mass grave unearthed in Iraq city

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A mass grave has been discovered in the predominantly Shia city of Karbala in southern Iraq, police have said.
The bodies appear to be those of Shia rebels killed by Saddam Hussein's army in 1991 in reprisal for an uprising in the wake of the Gulf War.

The Shia revolt was crushed and as many as 30,000 people were killed, many of them buried in mass graves.

Their remains were uncovered by workmen digging a new water pipe in the centre of the city known for its Shia shrine.

They called the police, who cordoned off the area. Police and doctors found the bodies of men, women and children whom they identified by their clothing.

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