BAGHDAD, July 3 (Reuters) – Iraq’s government acknowledged on Sunday that some of its new security forces were resorting to the sort of torture and abuses of detainees seen under Saddam Hussein as they struggle to put down Sunni Arab insurgents.
[Reuters.com; via warblogging.com]
Nach Abu Ghraib: britische und amerikanische Besatzer haben offenbar bislang nicht in weit verbreitete Menschenrechtsverletzungen der irakischen Sicherheitskräfte eingegriffen
[Telepolis: Folter in irakischen Lagern]
[UK aid funds Iraqi torture units; The Observer]