More bodies found in Lebanese mass grave
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/7/2005 Replying to a question on information which attributed the mass graves recently found in Anjar, Bekaa, belong to the period of the civil war in Lebanon in 1990 when the forces of Michel Aawn and Samir Jaajaa clashed, the leader of the opposition trend Michael Aawn told al-Jazeera satellite TV that "this is an irresponsible statement," noting that Anjar was far away from the battle fields.
In the same context the Lebanese prime minister Foaud Siniora vowed to continue investigations in order to disclose the facts of the mass graves found in the site close to the former headquarters of the Syrian intelligence leadership in Lebanon. He said, he asked for the help of the ICRC (Red Cross) in this case.
Worthy mentioning that the search operations in the graves resulted on Saturday and Sunday in finding 30 bodies in two mass graves in Anjar village, adjoining the Syrian borders.
The Lebanese attorney general judge Saeed Mirza said that part of the remains which surfaced after the unearthing operations by bulldozers is for "women and children." For its part, the Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Lebanese authorities to take immediate necessary measures in order to make sure of preserving all evidence in the site of the mass grave in order to find out who the remains belong to so as to bring sides responsible for these crimes to the judiciary.
Amnesty International criticized methods used to unearthed the mass graves and called for "making the investigations later in compliance with international standards, especially the UN norms. Previous Stories:
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Two mass graves discovered in Lebanon near a former Syrian intelligence center in  Anjar have reopened the investigations for persons missing from the Lebanese civil war (1975 – 1990).

Lebanese officials have announced DNA samples of the remains found will be tested.

Troops unearthed at least 30 bodies buried in the 1980s and 1990s.

Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon last spring, ending a 30-year occupation. Prior to his assassination, Gebran Tueni commented that "the Syrian regime has been exposed with the discovery of the mass graves."

Amnesty International has been critical of the exhumation, calling for UN standards of investigation.