West turns blind eye as police put Saddam’s torturers back to work
From James Hider in Baghdad
IRAQI security forces, set up by American and British troops, torture detainees by pulling out their fingernails, burning them with hot irons or giving them electric shocks, Iraqi officials say. Cases have also been recorded of bound prisoners being beaten to death by police.
In their haste to put police on the streets to counter the brutal insurgency, Iraqi and US authorities have enlisted men trained under Saddam Hussein’s regime and versed in torture and abuse, the officials told The Times. They said that recruits were also being drawn from the ranks of outlawed Shia militias.
Re: West turns blind eye as Saddam's torturers put back to work
They dint go into to stop torture, if i remember correctly. they could careless, so long as they're gettin the free reign. i wish the gov. could grow a back bone, and take charge things for once.
Re: West turns blind eye as Saddam's torturers put back to work
^ what government the hand picked puppet regime in Iraq you gonna be waiting long time for that then. they under remote control from the white house :)
Re: West turns blind eye as Saddam's torturers put back to work
i dont quite think they were handpicked as such. If it was allawi or chalabi in place then maybe. The election did take place afterall. but they seem to be giving the americans abit too much of a leeway for whatever reason. you know the saying, give them an inch and they'll take the ruler...it applies pretty well here.