Dozens found in Fallujah grave

2007-06-30 17:21

Baghdad - US forces have found around 40 bodies, bound and bearing gunshot wounds, in a mass grave south of the former rebel town of Fallujah in western Iraq's Anbar province, the military said on Saturday.

"A local Iraqi citizen's tip led coalition forces to the site of a mass grave late on Friday evening outside Ferris, approximately 35km south of Fallujah," the military said in a statement.

"Coalition forces uncovered 35 to 40 bodies at the site. The remains were bound and had gunshot wounds," it added.

- AFP