Wolf Brigade

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Iraq war logs: 'The US was part of the Wolf Brigade operation against us'
Omar Salem Shehab tells of torture at hands of notorious Iraqi police unit and says US forces were involved in his capture

During the foreboding months of 2005, one police unit struck more fear into Iraqis than the entire occupying US army. They were known as the Wolf Brigade.

Brutal even by Iraqi standards, their soldiers and officers seemingly answered to no one. They were seen as indiscriminate and predatory. The unit's reputation had been known Iraq-wide and results of their numerous raids are still bogged down in Iraq's legal system...

"We were at home that night," Shehab recalled this week. "We were three brothers sleeping above my ice-cream shop. We were woken by soldiers entering our house by force. They came with Americans. They said we were wanted and produced a document. The Americans took our pictures, then the soldiers we now knew were the Wolf Brigade took us to the Seventh Division camp ..."

"One officer threatened to rape my wife. He tore at her dress and four of my colleagues were killed in front of my eyes. They drilled holes in my legs and arms and did all manner of things to me. They took me and around 1,500 other prisoners to a basement inside the police commander's headquarters."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/28/iraq-war-logs-iraq

[Angry Dragon]

1. Charge bush and cheney with war crimes and treason

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. yep, that's what should have happened. this OP deserves more publicity

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. I guess we've heard so much about torture we've become callous

[Angry Dragon]

4. If I may I will state my position

I believe that governments much like corporations and people have their own personalities.
Right now we have a government that has a personality that allows fame and wealth decide
whether one pays a price for a crime. Whether that includes a crime or just pushing the bounds of morality.

The masses have the perception that if one is rich and/or famous you can do anything you want
and you pay a fine and go on your way. The masses then decide that if the rich can do it then they should
also be able to do the same thing and be on their way.

By letting bush and his band of war criminals do their torture and attacks on the Constitution
and not be charged for such crimes the masses then see this and figure they should be able to do the
same type of things. This attitude will continue until the rich/famous pay the same price
for crimes that the masses do. This attitude has been building at least from the Nixon pardon.

I see this problem to go on and grow until either bush is charged or we look a revolution in the eye.

[felix_numinous]

5. K + R

The longer there are no consequences for these crimes, the worse it will get.