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Iraq
Iraqi-led operation nets 39 detainees, torture devices
2007-11-07
Iraqi Security Forces conducted a large joint operation Oct. 30 along the foothills of the Hamrin Mountains of Tikrit. The operation resulted in the detention of 39 suspected insurgents and the discovery of a torture cell, a mobile hospital, vehicle-borne bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and a Katyusha rocket.

Acting on their own intelligence sources, provided by tribal leaders in the area, the Iraqi inter-agency force targeted terrorists within the region.
Memo to Perv: this is how an army builds itself and gains the trust of its people. You might want to take notes.
“This is a first in a lot of ways,” said Lt. Col. David Hsu, 1st BCT Military Transition Team chief. “This is the largest operation the Iraqi Police and the Iraqi Army have ever conducted together in terms of detail,” he said. “The Iraqis are leading the way here.”

The operation was led by the 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army, commanded by Maj. Gen. Abdul Jabar Saleh Rabiyeh. The Salah ad Din Provincial Police Emergency Service Unit battalions, led by Maj. Gen. Jassem, Iraqi National Police commander, planned, coordinated and executed Operation Makua, which means “to come together.”

Posted by:Fred

#6  It not even real waterboarding, but simulated waterboarding. Next the CIA will subject mass murdering islamic terrorists to videogame waterboarding. Pussies.
Posted by: ed   2007-11-07 16:58  

#5  glenmore...

the difference is that in 1947 the victims of the waterboarding were UNIFORMED soldiers.

non-uniformed illegal combatants are afforded no rights or priviledges and thus no possible war crime. the real crime is that they are not given the summary executions they deserve.
Posted by: Abu do you love   2007-11-07 16:11  

#4  The operation resulted in the detention of 39 suspected insurgents and the discovery of a torture cell, a mobile hospital, vehicle-borne bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and a Katyusha rocket.

way shabby torture cell.. strewn w/ lots of old copies of Newsweak.. NYT and WaPo..
Posted by: Red Dawg   2007-11-07 11:06  

#3  Iraqi forces were built up by working alongside US forces.

that option doesnt seem to be available in Pakistan.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2007-11-07 10:43  

#2  In 1947 we convicted Japs of war crimes for waterboarding and sentenced them to 15 years imprisonment. Makes it difficult to call it legal for us to do now. Which doesn't mean it shouldn't have been used anyway, especially since it seems to have only been a few times. It does mean it should have stayed secret instead of being used as a political weapon. I know these blabbering politicians aren't naive, so they must just be hypocrites who care more for their own power than the good of the country.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-11-07 07:29  

#1  I would bet that the torture cell was set up for more than waterboarding.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-11-07 00:08  

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