“We've already discovered, just so far, the remains of 400,000 people in mass graves.”

—  Tony Blair

Peter Beaumont, " PM admits graves claim 'untrue' http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1263830,00.html", The Observer, 18 July, 2004.
Statement reported in "Iraq's Legacy of Terror: Mass Graves" produced by USAID, dated 20 November, 2003.
2000s

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