Source: Guardian Unlimited
I guess in a free Iraq, government-sponsored death squads are the "in" thing. More than 7000 people were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Faik Bakir, the director of the Baghdad morgue, has fled Iraq in fear of his life after reporting that more than 7,000 people have been killed by death squads in recent months, the outgoing head of the UN human rights office in Iraq has disclosed.
"The vast majority of bodies showed signs of summary execution - many with their hands tied behind their back. Some showed evidence of torture, with arms and leg joints broken by electric drills," said John Pace, the Maltese UN official. The killings had been happening long before the bloodshed after last week's bombing of the Shia shrine in Samarra.
Mr Pace, whose contract in Iraq ended last month, said many killings were carried out by Shia militias linked to the interior ministry run by Bayan Jabr, a leading figure in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri).
Mr Pace said records, supported by photographs, came from Baghdad's forensic institute, which passed them to the UN. The Baghdad morgue has been receiving 700 or more bodies a month. The figures peaked at 1,100 last July--many showing signs of torture.
Wow, this is the freedom from fear that GW touts in his speeches? A rather impressive job at spouting bullshit out of our mouth, Mr. President.
I'm going to bet this practice will continue, knowing the United State's love of all things "torture". I'm quite impressed at yet another example of a "vibrant and free" Iraqi people. Do they claim "mission accomplished" in Iraq yet?
Tags: [mission accomplished], [Iraq], [Iraqi torture], [killings in Iraq], [death squads], [summary executions], [free Iraq]
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