Wow...good thing Saddam is gone

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U.N. Report Warns of Widespread Human Rights Abuses in Iraq
Written by William Fisher
Saturday, 02 May 2009 13:26
By William Fisher

Iraqi prisons are torturing detainees, locking people up for months without charges and, in most cases, allowing the perpetrators of these human rights to escape justice, according to a new United Nations report.

“Security may not be sustainable unless significant steps are taken in the area of human rights such as strengthening the rule of law and addressing impunity,” the report warned.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said it “remains concerned about the overall human rights situation in Iraq since indiscriminate attacks remained a frequent occurrence; the targeted killings of security forces, high ranking officials and civil servants, religious and political leaders, professional groups such as journalists, educators, medical doctors, judges and lawyers and other civilians continued at a high rate, as did criminal abductions for ransom.”

It said the last half of 2008 “was also characterized by the attacks against minority leaders and the large displacement of over 12,000 Christians from Mosul in October. Violence against women in the Region of Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq remained one of the issues of serious concern as the pattern of the recorded incidents of suicide often points towards ‘honor’-related homicides.”

http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/877-un-report-warns-of-widespread-human-rights-abuses-in-iraq.html

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Unfortunately, I'm Not Surprised

The power structure of that country hasn't really changed. The overall sentiment as to how things are done is the same. Only the players have changed.
GAC

[stillcool]

3. I think over a million dead Iraqi's..

and a military occupation might have changed the sentiment some what.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. The Article In The OP Would Suggest Otherwsie.

GAC

[stillcool]

6. I'm sure..when has any..

article appearing in this country, ever pointed out the fact that Iraq and it's people have been destroyed?

[subterranean]

2. We've trained them well.

"Iraqi prisons are torturing detainees, locking people up for months without charges and, in most cases, allowing the perpetrators of these human rights to escape justice."

How is this different from our own treatment of detainees under the Bush regime?

[calimary]

5. Sheesh - that first paragraph sounds like an indictment of the bush administration.

[rustydog]

7. Hey! none of that. If it wasn't for our invasion of Iraq...

There would not be flourishing prostitution and licquor in Iraq right now.

Yes! Spreading freedom works!

We did not invade because of WMD..It was to bring back STD's! and BOOZE.

[spanone]

8. we probably shared our torture techniques with them

[QueenOfCalifornia]

9. When Saddam

was in charge the religious nuttery was checked. Even though the guy was a maniac he understood the even greater insanity of the religious BS - Nobody wanted to cross him or to piss him off and so they walked on eggshells - which, goofy as it may seem, kept things more "normal."
He allowed people to live a comparatively normal life... Religious extremists are at the core of the problems EVERYWHERE.

In this country the religious Taliban is at work doing their best to turn us into them.

Religion is the well that will poison us all.

[4_TN_TITANS]

10. As much as we disliked Saddam

The guy was very effective at maintaining order with a people who have a completely different mindset than we're used to.