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Posted: 2016-08-30T17:16:51Z | Updated: 2016-08-30T17:16:51Z AP documents 72 mass graves in territory freed of IS | HuffPost

AP documents 72 mass graves in territory freed of IS

ISIS Reportedly Buried Thousands In 72 Mass Graves
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HARDAN, Iraq (AP) — Peering through binoculars, the young man watched as Islamic State extremists gunned down the handcuffed men and then buried them with a waiting bulldozer. For six days he watched as IS filled one grave after another with his friends and neighbors.

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