U.S.-led troops find mass graves, torture house in Iraq

Source: Xinhuanet

BEIJING, Dec. 20(Xinhuanet) -- U.S.-led coalition troops in Iraq have found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a torture complex, said the Multinational Division North at Camp Speicher in Tikrit as quoted by media reports Wednesday.

The troops discovered the bloodstained torture complex with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system during an operation north of Muqdadiya, the military added in a statement.

The complex was in an area thought to be an al Qaeda safe haven and operating base, the U.S. military said. Iraqis had told the military about the site during an earlier operation.

From Dec. 8 to 11, the troops who found the complex also killed 24 people they said were terrorists and detained 37 suspects.



Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/20/content_7283243.htm

WOO-HOO!!!

Our corporafascist ones are better and meaner than yours, you islamofascists!!!

:woohoo:

:cry:

it was the US. :grr:

Thanks, BushCo.

:shrug:

must be busy in the area.

run by Blackwater. :eyes:

Source: MSNBC

BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers found mass graves north of Baghdad next to a torture center where chains were attached to blood-spattered walls and a metal bed frame was still connected to an electrical shock system, the military said Thursday.

The torture center, which the U.S. military said it suspected was run by al-Qaida in Iraq, was found based on tips from Iraqis in the area, where the al-Qaida insurgents are very active. Graves containing 26 bodies were found nearby.

“We discovered several (weapons) caches, a torture facility that had chains, a bed — an iron bed that was still connected to a battery — knives and swords that were still covered in blood as we went in to go after the terrorists in that area,” said Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, the top U.S. commander in northern Iraq.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22339074/

unsurprising

got that? :crazy:

no organ failure, no torture ...

... they're doing it too.

Yeah, we've been there 4 fucking years and we just stumbled on this.

These people play Americans for fools every day, because most are.

oh yeah, they can't since they were destroyed. :puke:

Even the Attorney General of the United States can't make a definitive statement about what is or is not torture. Maybe the bed was a makeshift large-scale TENS unit. Hard to believe that an Army general would make such a reckless pronouncement, and that a responsible news outlet like MSNBC would repeat it.

doesn't work for my 7 yr old, but seems to work for the US govt. :eyes:

According to those with conservatve values, this would be nothing more then a vacation spot. And since the victims were most likely non white, non christians those with conservative values could not possibly give a crap.

It's enough to make me run amok! :crazy:

or am I being paranoid? Getting the MSM to talk about something other than the CIA tapes of OUR torture??? hmmm. Same crap different day with these criminals. Somehow nothing surprises me anymore.

From the MSNBC article:
"Separately, at least 13 Iraqis were killed when a suicide bomber targeted a group of people who had gathered around U.S. soldiers handing out holiday gifts northeast of Baghdad, authorities said."

Haven't we learned yet that you do NOT gather a crowd of people to give out gifts because it has proven to be an excellent oppurtunity for suicide bombers?????

And what kind of "holiday" gifts are we giving to people who do not celebrate our "holiday"

I understand giving out soccer balls in exchange for the toy rifles, however. Since these toys evidently look real.

When was the last time they found a mass grave full of US mercinaries?

throw some chicken blood on the floor, and get a camera. We'll send the pictures to Pox News (cuz if it's on TV, everyone knows it's gotta be true) - maybe it'll take some of the heat off the WH from when they burned those torture tapes we made."

"Great idea, Fred! We'll call it the 'al Qaeda Torture House'! The murican people will think, 'hey, they torture, so why shouldn't we?' - and then they'll consent to let us torture people at will."

How primitive. Bush should send them some CIA trainers, to show them advanced techniques.

Where severe interrogation techniques are utilized under close supervision.

All legal.

unbelievable. Literally.

If we can't see that "1984" is being played out here then we are totally blind or just don't want to see it.

if anyone was torturing people it wasn't 'al qaeda'

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A blood-spattered "torture complex" used by Iraqi insurgents, and the remains of 26 people buried nearby, were found in the province of Diyala on Thursday, the US military announced.

The news came as at least 36 people were killed in Diyala, most of them in a suicide attack and clashes between suspected Al-Qaeda militants and security forces, officials said.

The grisly discovery near the town of Muqdadiyah, was made during the military's December 8-11 Operation Iron Reeper but only announced on Thursday.

The torture chamber was housed in a area containing three detention facilities, the military said.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071220/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_071220193635

I mean, when you see one torture chamber, you've seen them all? Or are there distinguishing characteristics?

They are us.

But of course the media has to push forth stories such as this proving that Iraqis are just animals. It is okay that after four years of daily dropping bombs on their families, killing hundreds of thousands of women and babies, we can still claim to be the good guys because Iraqis are just animals.

And who believes this story?
So convenient to come out now, that 'Torture' is in the air

I am sure Bush will talk about this nonstop now for a year.....:grr: :grr: :hi:

I get confused now.

... check the receipt, who signed the credit card slip?

I can't read the signature under the blood stains...

It says bill to "The Company"

It reeks of sulfur and I can make out a G. __ ____sh :shrug:

Might these chambers belong to...

SATAN?