Iraq: The search for justice

Up to 15,000 bodies are feared buried in al-Mahaweel

BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents was broadcast on Thursday, 24 July, and repeated on Monday, 28 July, 2003.

Tim Whewell travelled to Iraq to find out how the evidence of Saddam Hussein's crimes can be used to bring his henchmen to justice.

He joined a team of British forensic archaeologists who have the near impossible task of identifying the victims of Saddam's brutal rule.

Reporter: Tim Whewell
Producer: Caroline Pare
Editor: Hugh Levinson