British-Iraqi forces find abused detainees during raid of Iraq intelligence office

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British-Iraqi forces find abused detainees during raid of Iraq intelligence office
BASRA, Iraq (CNN) -- British and Iraqi forces looking for a wanted terrorist early Sunday found a group of prisoners -- including women and children -- at an Iraqi Intelligence Agency office in Basra, who had apparently been abused, possibly tortured, the British military said.

According to a British military news release, the troops discovered "around 30 prisoners, including a woman and two children, who were being held, and many of whom showed signs of torture and abuse."

Lt. Col. Kevin Stratfordright told CNN the detainees were in the custody of the Iraqi Intelligence Agency.

more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/04/sunday/index.html

Earlier link:Raid on Iraqi intelligence HQ reveals torture

BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - Iraqi special forces backed by coalition troops raided a government intelligence headquarters on Sunday and uncovered evidence of torture and links to bomb attacks, the British military said.

Troops stormed the local headquarters of Iraqi interior ministry's domestic intelligence agency in the southern port city of Basra, and released more than 37 prisoners being held there, Iraqi police told AFP.

"In the early hours of this morning there was a search and detention operation by the Iraqi counter-terrorist force supported by multinational forces," said British spokesman Major David Gell.

"Five individuals were arrested on suspicion of serious terrorist activity, including involvement with roadside bombs and attacks against both civilians and multinational forces," he added.

more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2754665

Hopefully the Interior Minister will be first on the list to be arrested.

Iraq, U.S. working to arrest officials

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister has confirmed that U.S. and Iraqi authorities are working together to arrest and prosecute Iraqi politicians and top officials suspected of links to armed extremist groups.

"There is coordination between us and the (U.S.-led) Multinational Forces (that) started at the beginning of this year ... to determine who should be arrested and the reasons behind arresting them," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.

His comments were in response to a question about whether lists had been prepared of senior Iraqi officials, politicians and lawmakers targeted for arrest.

Al-Maliki said Iraqi authorities would begin preparing cases against unspecified officials and would refer them to investigative judges, who under the Iraqi legal system can issue indictments like American grand juries.


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Iraq official defends 'torture' facility

Friday, November 18, 2005 Posted: 1546 GMT (2346 HKT)

Jabr shows journalists passports of Arabs arrested by the Interior Ministry special forces.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's interior minister has defended a government facility that was found to be holding dozens of prisoners, including some showing signs of torture, saying it held "the most criminal terrorists."

"Nobody was beheaded or killed," a defiant Bayan Jabr told a news conference Thursday, saying that only seven of 170 detainees showed marks of torture.

"Those detainees, those criminal killers inside the bunker were not Indians or Pakistanis or Iranians," he said, waving a stack of passports in the air. "Those are your Arab brothers that came here to kill your sons."

He said one detainee who had been reported as paralyzed was afflicted before his arrival at the facility and had been used "by one of the terrorists" to set off bombs.

more:http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/17/iraq.detainees/index.html

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1. And their defense is ""Nobody was beheaded or killed"

Guess they're operating by Gonzales' criteria.
What a sick, sad mess this all is.