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Re: 1,736 POW Remains Repatriated
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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)
Date: July 24, 2002
"Iraq, Iran exchange remains of POWs
July 22, 2002 Posted: 4:30 PM EDT (2030 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq and Iran on Sunday exchanged the remains of 1,736 soldiers who were captured during the 1980-1988 war and died in captivity, a further step toward normalizing relations between the two neighbors.
CNN's Rym Brahimi reports on a ceremony held to honor the return of Iraqi soldiers killed in the bitter eight-year war between Iran and Iraq (July 22)
Iraq handed over the remains of 570 Iranians, and Iran delivered the bodies of 1,166 Iraqi soldiers at the al-Mundhariya border crossing, 100 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Iraq and Iran fought a bloody eight-year war, leaving about a million soldiers dead or wounded. Nearly 14 years after the cease-fire, considerable enmity remains.
Copyright 2002 The Associated Press"
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