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Deserted army camp hides a grisly secret
icNewcastle ^ | April 06 2003 | Sunday Sun

Posted on 04/06/2003 7:40:09 AM PDT by knighthawk

Evidence of Saddam Hussein's punishment squads has been discovered in Iraq's western desert, it was revealed yesterday.

At a deserted training camp near Nasiriyah British intelligence officers found records of ear amputations meted out to anyone speaking out of turn.

The detailed security punishment dossiers were discovered yesterday by 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.

Hand-written books uncovered detailed the names and addresses of locals who had been overheard complaining about the regime.

Captain "Mac" McGee, a member of the intelligence gathering team, said: "It had the names of anyone who didn't show enough support for Saddam.

"It was a record of people who had their ears chopped off to set an example."

The camp where they were found appeared to have been deserted in a hurry and personnel files of Iraqi officers were also found.

Captain McGee said their details would be passed on to a database in the hope of locating them after the war.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: amputations; atrocities; earamputations; embeddedreport; iraq; iraqifreedom; nasiriyah; punishment

1 posted on 04/06/2003 7:40:10 AM PDT by knighthawk
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2 posted on 04/06/2003 7:40:30 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
"It was a record of people who had their ears chopped off to set an example."

Geeeeeeez...

3 posted on 04/06/2003 7:46:49 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: knighthawk
There are no surprises..just a cry for justice and vindication for our cause.
4 posted on 04/06/2003 7:47:31 AM PDT by MEG33
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To: knighthawk
When reached for comment concerning this tale of atrocity, Jeanne Garafalo stated:

"But Bush is the selected not elected president."
5 posted on 04/06/2003 7:48:12 AM PDT by Bluntpoint
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To: knighthawk
The list just keeps getting longer and longer. Sickening Saddam and those that support him.
6 posted on 04/06/2003 7:48:39 AM PDT by LowOiL ("I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" -Gen. Patton)
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To: DigiLinus
Why insult pigs?
8 posted on 04/06/2003 8:03:49 AM PDT by just me
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To: DigiLinus
I can understand your anger, I think a lot of us feel the same way.
10 posted on 04/06/2003 8:14:49 AM PDT by just me
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To: just me
great comment!
11 posted on 04/06/2003 8:21:51 AM PDT by buffyt (Fruck the Fench)
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