US Ambassador to Iraq: John 'Death Squad' Negroponte

As part of Bush’s ingenious “plan” to bring freedom and democracy to Iraq and the greater Middle East, he is nominating John ‘Death Squad’ Negroponte to become ambassador to Iraq after June 30.

It sure is a good thing ambassadors have to be confirmed by the Senate!

Why is he nicknamed 'Death Squad'? Was he responsible for any massacres in the past??