By Sudarsan Raghaven, Washington Post Foreign Serivce
March 5, 2007
In yet another instance of problems concerning human rights in Southern Iraq, British officials said that prisoners within an Iraqi intelligence facility run by Shiites showed prisoners with signs of torture. They conducted the swift raid on a tip they had gathered from suspects arrested just hours earlier in connection with car bombings. Following the raid, the 30 prisoners hosted in the compound somehow managed to escape, and the details concerning how are still very sketchy. Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki called the raid an unlawful and irresponsible act, but failed to dress claims of torture in the compound. Maj. David Gell of the British army did confirm that is was not the Iraqi forces who let them escape. This is just more evidence of how the British pull-out of southern Iraq is not a sign of good fortune, as told by the Bush administration, in Iraq. Also, it raises some more questions as to the effort that al-Maliki is putting in to make sure the ministries below him are operating correctly and lawfully. It should be noted, however, that US forces pushed into Sadr City, an area without any US occupation, and met little resistance, likely to Moqtada al-Sadr’s demand that his troops calm down and let the security plan work its course.
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I think problems like this are going to keep occurring because we are trying to work with a group of people that are totally different from us in how they think of justice and what is correct. It is going to be hard to work with people who really don't want you there and some who are corrupt and are really working for the other side. It is sad that the British forces are leaving but they are probably the smart ones and we should soon follow.
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