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Saddam Hussein — Part 1
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HUSSEIN-[ da farmer who lives
close to e€ mass grave site, described a month of almost daily
executions that he witnessed from his home:
They started to bring groups of innocent
people to this graveyard and began executing
them here. Every day, those criminals
started executing people at 9:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. They brought people here in
buses—each group was between 120 and 150
people. They would bring three groups of
this size each day. Before they brought
these people, they would bring a bulldozer to
dig holes. :
members vO, "
surrounded
the area so
no one would
come near the
place. When
they brought
the people,
they pushed
them into the
holes with
their hands
tied and
their eyes
covered.
When they
pushed them
into the
holes, they would start shooting massively.
Afterwards, they would bring the bulldozers
to bury the people. Then the criminals would
prepare for the second and third groups [of
victims.] This operation lasted from March 7
until April 6, 1 j i
i
Bag brother haa also
had witnessed the exe Tons:
They used to bring people from Al-Mahawil
military base to this site. Their hands and
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