Petraeus' Torture Teams
One of Britain's leading
newspapers, the Guardian, has
just published an exposé of interrogation teams run by two U.S.
operatives acting under the authority of General David Petraeus in
Iraq in 2003-05. While no smoking gun -- or blood-stained billy club
-- has Petraeus' fingerprints, it's clear from this extensive
reporting that Petraeus not only knew of the "enhanced
interrogation" of suspected insurgents, but likely hired the two
thugs who were involved in it for two years.
From El Salvador to Iraq: Washington's man behind brutal police squads
In 2004, with the
war in Iraq going from bad to worse, the US drafted in a veteran of
Central America's dirty wars to help set up a new force to fight the
insurgency. The result: secret detention centres, torture and a
spiral into sectarian carnage
An exclusive golf course
backs onto a spacious two-storey house. A coiled green garden hose
lies on the lawn. The grey-slatted wooden shutters are closed. And,
like the other deserted luxury houses in this gated community near
Bryan, Texas, nothing moves.
A. Cuvelier, http://saintremi.com/
