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Iraqi Ali Majid Mohammed cries over the grave of his brother Walid, who disappeared in 1993, shortly before his remains were unearthed at a cemetery for political victims of Saddam Hussein's regime which is newly accessible to Iraqi citizens outside Baghdad. Like many others, Mohammed's family only discovered recently he was buried here, in one of hundreds of numbered graves. A list of the former government which matches numbers to names has just been made available allowing for proper burial.
Iraqi Ali Majid Mohammed cries over the grave of his brother Walid, who disappeared in 1993, shortly before his remains were unearthed at a cemetery for political victims of Saddam Hussein's regime which is newly accessible to Iraqi citizens outside Baghdad. Like many others, Mohammed's family only discovered recently he was buried here, in one of hundreds of numbered graves. A list of the former government which matches numbers to names has just been made available allowing for proper burial.

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