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Violence ebb in Iraq hits vast Wadi al Salam cemetery
In Najaf Iraq the world’s largest Shiite burial ground Wadi al Salam sees burials fall by at least a third in six months as violence wanes. Workers like Sameer Shaaban and Dhurgham al Malik note lower demand for grave digging washing corpses and burial shrouds as private coffin traffic drops from 6500 to around 4000 monthly and daily burials decline from wartime peaks.
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McClatchy
Iraq
Sameer Shaaban
Dhurgham Majed al Malik
Malik
Saddam Hussein