Reply #57: Please tell the truth.

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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1992/iraqkor/KORAP123.htm

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In the pits, excavation tools were confined to trowels, brushes, and bamboo picks. Standard professional procedures for excavating burials were followed at all times. Once remains were exhumation, the forensic team removed them following the system established by Dr. Snow in exhumations in Argentina. Artifacts, clothing, and skeletal remains were recorded on standard field inventory forms and removed from the grave pit in anatomical order (generally from foot to head in order). Evidence of trauma was noted on a skeletal checklist form as each bone was removed. All items were catalogued and bagged according to the numerical and pit designations assigned by the archaeologist in thefield. This information was transferred to Case File numbers assigned to each body as it was received in the morgue in the nearby city of Dohuk.
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The forensic team exhumed 27 skeletons from two graves at Koreme. All 27 skeletons were male, ranging in age from early adolescent to approximately early 40s. All appeared to have suffered death by gunshot wounds.

In most of the 27 cases, detailed study of the fracture patterns in anatomical relation enabled the forensic team to determine the number of wounds suffered by each individual. Wherever possible, the forensic team also tried to establish the trajectory of the projectile.

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