Forensic Survey Along the Tar As Saiyid, Karbala Province, Iraq

The goals of the Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) Mass Graves Investigation Team (MGIT) project can be stated as the systematic excavation, documentation, analysis, and reporting of mass graves in Iraq in support of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) investigations into genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other crimes. In spring 2006, the MGIT excavated the mass grave Karbala 0008, a desert site in Karbala Province and several other sites around Karbala Province.