Friday, May 11, 2007
'Mass graves memory day' selected by government
(Voices of Iraq) - Iraq's cabinet approved selecting May 16 every year to commemorate the mass graves memory in Iraq, a government's statement said on Thursday. "The cabinet approved choosing May 16 to commemorate mass graves memory in Iraq to honor the great humanitarian sacrifice of Iraqi citizens," read a statement of the cabinet received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The statement appealed to the Iraqi people to get ready to celebrate this occasion. The statement attributed selecting this date because of finding the first and biggest mass grave in al-Mahaweel in May 16, 2003. Following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 many mass graves were found all over the country, that were believed to host bodies of victims killed under orders by the former regime.
The statement appealed to the Iraqi people to get ready to celebrate this occasion. The statement attributed selecting this date because of finding the first and biggest mass grave in al-Mahaweel in May 16, 2003. Following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 many mass graves were found all over the country, that were believed to host bodies of victims killed under orders by the former regime.
Labels: Iraq, mass graves, May 16
