Tuesday, June 06, 2006

6,000 murdered in Baghdad alone this year - US death squads the unmentionable factor. posted by lenin

6,000 bodies in Baghdad’s mortuaries since the start of the year, and what’s more, “no-one believes these are the true figures from the violence in and around Baghdad as many bodies are not taken to the morgue, or are never found”.

Here’s the thing: the US government can openly announce its intentions. It can even be reported once in a while (albeit with a rather crude apologia bracketing the facts). Knight Ridder correspondent Yasser Salihee can die while uncovering the truth behind it. Yet somehow, invariably, it’s simply taboo to mention what is richly evident. The BBC did not mention any of this either on television or on the internet. No one mentions that the bulk of these deaths are attributed to the Special Police Commandos, who

were formed under the experienced tutelage and oversight of veteran US counterinsurgency fighters, and from the outset conducted joint-force operations with elite and highly secretive US special-forces units.

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