UN Expert: Torture In Iraq Is Now Worse Than Under Saddam

[Jcrowley]

U.N. expert: Iraq torture may be worse
ELIANE ENGELER
Associated Press

GENEVA - Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Thursday.

Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, made the remarks as he was presenting a report on detainee conditions at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay as well as to brief the U.N. Human Rights Council, the global body's top rights watchdog, on torture worldwide.

Reports from Iraq indicate that torture "is totally out of hand," he said. "The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than it has been in the times of Saddam Hussein."

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15573944.htm

[anarch]

1. Mission Accomplished

I think it's also pretty well established that day to day life, for the average person in Baghdad, is also worse now than it was under Hussein.

[lonestarnot]

Amen.

[Annces]

2. Just goes to show Bush original motivation to get rid of the evil

Saddam Hussein to help the Iraqi people was a lie. He cares a big fat 0 about the Iraqi people.