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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:07 PM
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Torture Worse In Iraq Now Than Under Saddam...
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.

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."

"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.

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 2694
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 19945
U.S. Spent 320 Billion: Iraqi's say: Bush fight your war on your land not on our ours.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq_torture;_ylt=AmPNku4J.r45ZmLXteXNrSms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-

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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:12 PM
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1. Looks like President Moron is really showing that Saddam a thing or two
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-22-06 04:23 PM
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2. Bush: "we are safer now" (compared to what? Afgan IED'S have doubled
2500 Nato troops being sent to Afganistan...
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