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  • Group: Iraqi Forces Torturing Detainees ( Human Rights Watch ...... says.......)

    01/24/2005 7:35:03 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 27 replies · 664+ views
    Las Vegas Sun ^ | January 24, 2005 at 19:30:48 PST | ASSOCIATED PRESS
    LONDON (AP) - Iraqi security forces are arbitrarily arresting people and systematically torturing and abusing detainees, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. With few exceptions, Iraqi authorities have not acted to stop such mistreatment, the report said. International police advisers, largely funded by the U.S. government, "have turned a blind eye to these rampant abuses," it said. "The Iraqi interim government led by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi ... appears to be actively taking part, or is at least complicit, in these grave violations of fundamental human rights. Nor has the United States, the United Kingdom or other...