Torture suspected in death of scientist found slain near mosque in Samarra

[dArKeR]

AFP , SAMARRA, IRAQ
Thursday, Jul 22, 2004,Page 7

The mutilated body of an Iraqi scientist and an unidentified corpse were found yesterday in Samarra, where clashes the previous day between insurgents and US troops left five Iraqis dead and eight injured, police and hospital sources said.

In further unrest in the north of the country, one police officer was killed and four were wounded when their patrol was targeted by rocket-propelled grenade fire.

"Two bodies were found at 330am," said police Major Sadun al-Delemi at the city's hospital.

Bassem al-Mudares, a drug company worker who had a chemistry doctorate, was found near a mosque.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/22/2003179947

Did't see this reported.

[TheWraith]

1. Chemistry doctorate... This bodes nothing good.

It would be par for the course with Bush, though--Iraq had no chemical weapons before, so now why shouldn't the insurgents whip up some of their own? If he was tortured to death, either the insurgents were torturing him to get information, or the U.S. was doing likewise in order to get information on what the insurgents had. Think of a simple but effective poison like ricin mixed into a bomb's casing--instant death from the shapnel.

I really hope I'm paranoid.