Posted on 11/21/2004 3:55:31 PM PST by FairOpinion
THE US military said today it had discovered nearly 20 torture sites in the course of its massive military operation against the insurgency in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
"They had a sick, depraved culture of violence in that city," Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Wilson, from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, told reporters at a briefing near the former rebel stronghold.
"It looks like we found a number of houses" where torture took place, said intelligence officer Major Jim West.
The US officers said the number of torture sites was "close to 20".
On November 8, US troops backed by Iraqi government forces launched the largest post-Saddam military operation in Iraq in a bid to reclaim lawless enclaves across the country ahead of January elections.
You bet. I heard Chris Mattews saying that they are just like our guys, only on another side...
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