57 Iraqi Police Are Charged With Torture

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Tue Nov-07-06 11:12 AM
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57 Iraqi Police Are Charged With Torture

Edited on Tue Nov-07-06 11:13 AM by Swede

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it has charged 57 members of the Iraqi police, including a general, in the alleged torture of hundreds of detainees at a prison in eastern Baghdad.

Torture is considered widespread among the poorly trained police force, which has suffered heavy losses at the hands of Sunni insurgents and criminal gangs, but Tuesday's announcement marked the first time the government has sought charges. Iraqi police are accused of close ties to the Shiite death squads whose daily abductions and killings fuel the sectarian violence convulsing the country.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=NATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Tue Nov-07-06 11:14 AM
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1. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2600733

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