Lawless Arrests, Detentions and Torture in Iraq

Lawless Arrests, Detentions and Torture in Iraq - by Stephen Lendman

An earlier article discussed Iraq's dire conditions after seven years of occupation, and over a decade of sanctions, accessed through the following link:

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It presents a grim overall picture, besides Gideon Polya's September 13, 2010 estimated eight million "War on Terror" deaths, mostly in Iraq, what he calls "avoidable mortality and under-5 infant mortality" ones, accessed through the following link:

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya130910.htm

Conditions now include:

-- 4.5 million refugees;

-- 2.8 million internal ones (IDPs), one-third in squatter slums;

-- mass impoverishment and depravation;

-- rampant human rights abuses; and

-- settlements without basic services, such as clean water, sanitation, electricity, health care, and education.

Nir Rosen's September 13, 2010 ZNet article adds more, accessed through the following link:

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"Welcome to the new Iraq," he says, "same as the old Iraq," including:

-- "automatic weapons pointed at your head out of military vehicles;"

-- mountains of garbage everywhere;

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