"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately...

"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately 40 of them confirmed to hold evidence of systematic killings," said Sandra Hodgkinson, director of the Office for Human Rights Transitional Justice (OHRTJ) within the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) ruling Iraq. She said the number of people missing as a result of atrocities committed by the Saddam regime, which gained power in 1979, was estimated to be anywhere between 300,000 and 1.3 million, according to various sources.