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14th September 2010, 01:53
DemocracyNow!
Amnesty International is condemning Iraq for holding an estimated 30,000 prisoners without trial, including 10,000 prisoners who were recently transferred from US custody. In a new report, Amnesty documents that Iraqi prisoners are being arbitrarily detained and often beaten to obtain forced confessions. Amnesty said methods of torture used in Iraqi jails included beating with cables and hosepipes, electric shocks to sensitive body parts, and removal of fingernails and toenails. Several prisoners have died in Iraqi custody, possibly as a result of torture and other ill treatment by interrogators and prison guards.

...so much for "Democracy in Iraq."
genstrike
22nd September 2010, 05:39
Hey, I thought Iraq was now the only democracy in the middle east... or am I getting mixed up with another state that has a fuckton of political prisoners?
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22nd September 2010, 05:44
Hey, I thought Iraq was now the only democracy in the middle east... or am I getting mixed up with another state that has a fuckton of political prisoners?

Its likely...Pakistan is not a democracy if thats what you're thinking.
Kearney
28th September 2010, 15:33
Amnesty International are pretty comfortable speaking out on issues half way around the world, they should look at issues a little closer to home as well.
The Douche
28th September 2010, 20:10
I worked in a prison in Iraq. The things the iraqi guards said they would do when we left were chilling.
CHEGUAVARA
29th September 2010, 20:02
And them patriots say "god bless America" and that America is a "free" country... yeah right :glare:.


Hey, I thought Iraq was now the only democracy in the middle east... or am I getting mixed up with another state that has a fuckton of political prisoners?
I think Lebanon is the only real democracy. Israel and Turkey are said to be some sort of democracies... very so-so democracies I guess.
M-26-7
29th September 2010, 20:25
This is what awaits Iran if the U.S. invades.
Reznov
29th September 2010, 21:53
And we have officially "liberated" Iraq.
The Fighting_Crusnik
29th September 2010, 21:59
Wow... so there is an Iraq edition of Guantanamo... in other words, there is large group of people sitting in confinement; a group in which 70% were in the wrong place at the wrong time... With all of these prison camps and with no to few trials occuring, how can those in the military still promote the belief that we're "over in Iraq to make their lives better" nonsense?
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30th September 2010, 02:50
I worked in a prison in Iraq. The things the iraqi guards said they would do when we left were chilling.

What happened there?
The Douche
1st October 2010, 04:02
What actually happend? Normal prison stuff (plus mortars and rockets), I didn't see any fucked up shit or abuse, but nobody would do that in front of me if they were smart.

ICOs (Iraqi Correctional Officers) though were fond of talking about how when we left they would kill all prisoners or stop giving them food/water or shit like that.
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1st October 2010, 04:05
What actually happend? Normal prison stuff (plus mortars and rockets), I didn't see any fucked up shit or abuse, but nobody would do that in front of me if they were smart.

ICOs (Iraqi Correctional Officers) though were fond of talking about how when we left they would kill all prisoners or stop giving them food/water or shit like that.

So you think there was torturing and killing?
The Douche
1st October 2010, 04:21
So you think there was torturing and killing?

What? No. I just said "normal prison stuff".


What goes on now? I wouldn't know.
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1st October 2010, 04:24
What? No. I just said "normal prison stuff".


What goes on now? I wouldn't know.

oops I meant so DO you think...
The Douche
1st October 2010, 04:27
Oh, I don't know, and don't think its fair to just say yes off hand like that. Who knows what kind of oversight exists.