One Thousand A Month Tortured To Death In Iraq

February 21, 2006

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Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:59:48 -0800 (PST)

Dr. John Pace drops a bombshell that translates as a whisper through

obscure Maltese paper

Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | February 21 2006

Proving that Abu Ghraib and Gitmo are the tip of the iceberg, the

outgoing UN human rights chief dropped a bombshell when he told an

obscure Maltese newspaper that as many as a thousand detainees a month

are being tortured to death in Iraq.

Dr. John Pace told the obscure Times of Malta newspaper,

" The Baghdad morgue received 1,100 bodies in July alone, about 900 of

whom bore evidence of torture or summary execution. That continued

throughout the year and last December there were 780 bodies, including

400 having gunshot wounds or wounds as those caused by electric drills. "

Pace echoed previous estimates in stating that 80 to 90 per cent of

those rounded up and taken to prison camps were completely innocent.

As we have highlighted before, Iraqis are arrested for dastardly

crimes such as not showing their papers at checkpoints, selling

alcohol and shouting anti-coalition statements.

Footage of US army personnel seizing a taxi cab and destroying it with

an Abrams tank was broadcast two years ago on PBS. The crime? Stealing

firewood.

Regular bombing raids that indiscriminately target large groups of

what appear to be protesters have also been circulated on the Internet.

Pace's comments underline the fact that Abu Ghraib is just one of many

torture camps that have been used throughout the country since the

" liberation " of Iraq and the so-called end of Saddam Hussein's brutal

regime of rape rooms and torture camps - and is tame in comparison to

the real horrors taking place beneath the media radar.

More than half of Iraqis now say life was better off under Saddam and

47% support insurgent attacks on US forces.

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