57 Iraqis Charged In Abuse At Prison

[ECH1969]

Iraq's Interior Ministry has charged 57 employees, including high-ranking officers, with human rights crimes for their roles in the torture of hundreds of detainees once jailed in a notorious eastern Baghdad prison known as Site 4, officials announced Monday.

The charges marked the first time the present Iraqi government has taken criminal action against members of its own security forces for operating torture chambers inside Interior Ministry prisons, said Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, a ministry spokesman.

"Whoever abuses power and authority will be held accountable, regardless of their position or background," Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani.

The action was the latest move in a series of recent Interior Ministry crackdowns on the police forces it runs. The Iraqi government is engaged in an intense struggle to bring under control sectarian reprisal killings, death squads and criminal gangs.

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It looks like the current regime isn't that different then the past regime.

[spag68]

1. It's interesting that unlike us they found "high ranking officials"

while we only charged the enlisted men.

[ECH1969]

2. I guess it depends on the meaning of high ranking

They didn't say the ranks of the Iraqi officers.

[Kagemusha]

3. They'll get trained out of that.

It just shows a lack of experience.