Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Sunnis (Held by Shia Police) found Starving/Tortured

BBC: "Iraq's govt says it has begun an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad. The allegations are a deep embarrassment for the Iraqi govt, but despite being shocking, they will not come as a major surprise to many Iraqis b/c there have been persistent allegations of abuse by members of the Shia-dominated security forces. The prisoners-- most of whom are Sunnis-- were malnourished and showing signs of torture, were found when US troops took control of an interior ministry building on Sunday. The US raid followed repeated enquiries by the parents of a missing teenager." Oh yeh, this will go over well w/the already pissed off Sunnis. And since the Shia are the majority (just as they are in Iran) doesn't this worry anyone that the people doing this to fellow Iraqis will be running the country once we finally get the hell outta there? Deputy interior minister Hussein Kamal, who saw some of the abuse victims personally, said: "I've never seen such a situation like this during the past 2 yrs in Baghdad, this is the worst. I saw signs of physical abuse by brutal beating, 1 or 2 detainees were paralyzed and some had their skin peeled off various parts of their bodies." Oh yeah... the Sunnis will love this about as much as all of Iraq loved the Abu Ghraib pix.
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