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A woman wanders through the dirt mounds where thousands of Iraqis were massacred and buried. Their recovery began a healing process that will continue for years to come.

Nama Khalef Jarah weeps as he carries the body of his brother Tahar Jarah, recovered from a mass grave near the town of Hilla. Many more were unable to find their loved ones.

Blindfolded and hands tied, victims are dug up from a mass grave near the town of Hilla, a predominately Shiite community that suffered greatly under Saddam's rule.

Many Iraqis met their death at Abu Ghraib prison under the direction of Saddam Hussein's men. Gas canisters lie in a small room next to the gallows where prisoners were hung. Some say prisoners were also killed by gas.

The tattered shoes of the dead, recovered from mass graves in the area of Mussaib, form a grim pile of evidence. Witnesses say some victims were shot then buried in trenches while still alive.

POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION- Many of the dead still had their identification cards in their pockets, like Naji Shafi Abu Ali, who had been missing since the 1991. His son, Ali cries over the remains of his father.

During the rein of Saddam Hussein, Hundreds of political opponents were exected in prisons; while thousands more, mostly Shiites were buried in mass graves in the south. The terror he created prevented anyone from asking questions when a relative…

Iraqi looters took revenge against their longtime leader, setting fire to the National Olympic Committee building in Baghdad, on the day U.S. forces arrive and looters torch the town.