In Iraq, war strains world’s largest cemetery
As Iraq's turmoil enters its second month, the world's largest cemetery is expanding beyond its five million graves and families have resorted to digging up sidewalks at night or stealing lots to bury loved ones. The numbers of dead buried here has more than doubled, to 200 a day, with the recent surge in sectarian […]Maria Abi-Habib writes for the Wall Street Journal :
As Iraq's turmoil enters its second month, the world's largest cemetery is expanding beyond its five million graves and families have resorted to digging up sidewalks at night or stealing lots to bury loved ones.
The numbers of dead buried here has more than doubled, to 200 a day, with the recent surge in sectarian violence.
