Bombings Place Unique Burden on Iraq's 1st DNA Lab
Physicians at the year-old DNA lab in Baghdad, the first in Iraq, have begun using science to solve new and old mysteries in a country where war and sectarian conflict have created legions of them. Since they began processing samples regularly, morgue officials said, they have collected nearly 4,000 from unidentified bodies and relatives of people missing after explosions.
The officials said they intend to open two more labs in coming years that would work exclusively on mass grave cases—a project with the potential to provide information to thousands of families and shine a light on some of the darkest chapters of Iraq's bloody history.
