PBS FRONTLINE: SADDAM'S KILLING FIELDS 2 OF 3

PBS FRONTLINE: SADDAM'S KILLING FIELDS PART 2 OF 3

-Executions-

Officials tried to keep them back, but relatives of Iraq's missing generation were determined to pick through the dirt looking for evidence of lost lives.
They are steadily digging up Saddam Hussein's killing fields.

The stench here is unbearable. In a matter of minutes, I counted 200, 300 bodies pulled up from one pit alone. And there are many other pits arranged around the fields. The horror that we witnessed is simply beyond words. How did all these people die? Well the evidence we saw suggested many were killed by a single bullet - executed. Many are being identified by their rotting IDs.

This is a crime scene of historic significance but there is no forensic investigation. Human rights groups are pleading for international protection of the site but it just isn't happening. A US marine major who also visited the site said the military did not want to intrude on people's grief.

"As you can see there a lot of evidence here," said Major Al Schmidt.

"They are not going to take all of it away. This man committed a lot of atrocities. A lot of these people.

"We are not going stand here and disrupt them from their mourning.

"We are going to come in here and deal with this as best we can and do what's best for these people."

Children in Iraq are seeing things which will scar them forever. Saddam's evil knew no limits.