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Unknown body found near Makhmour

February 28, 2009 - 11:49:15

ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: An unknown corpse on Saturday was found near Makhmour district, according to a military source.

“Today, an army force found an unknown body belonging to a young man in his thirties in a hole on the main road between Makhmour district and al-Qayara near Alawa Mahmoud village (25 km west of Makhmour),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The body bore signs of gunshot wounds,” the source noted.

Makhmour is one of the disputed areas between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). It is administratively affiliated with Ninewa province and lies 68 km southwest of Arbil, the capital city of Kurdistan, which is 362 km northeast of Baghdad.

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