Forums

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Perhaps we should invade.

• U.N. expert: Iraq torture may be worse By ELIANE ENGELER, Associated Press Writer
  2 hours, 36 minutes ago
  
  
  
  GENEVA - Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Thursday.
  
  Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, made the remarks as he was presenting a report on detainee conditions at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay as well as to brief the U.N. Human Rights Council, the global body's top rights watchdog, on torture worldwide.
  
  Reports from Iraq indicate that torture "is totally out of hand," he said. "The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than it has been in the times of Saddam Hussein."
  
  Nowak added, "That means something, because the torture methods applied under Saddam Hussein were the worst you could imagine."
  
  Some allegations of torture were undoubtedly credible, with government forces among the perpetrators, he said, citing "very serious allegations of torture within the official Iraqi detention centers."
  
  "You have terrorist groups, you have the military, you have police, you have these militias. There are so many people who are actually abducted, seriously tortured and finally killed," Nowak told reporters at the U.N.'s European headquarters.
  
  "It's not just torture by the government. There are much more brutal methods of torture you'll find by private militias," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/...n_iraq_torture

it understandable that Penske and i don't read the longer posts, but you should at least read what you post, shouldn't you?

The automoton is counting the headchoppers.