Republic of Fear
CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn
The republic of fear is born again. The state of terror now gripping Iraq is as bad as it was under Saddam Hussein. Torture in the country may even be worse than it was during his rule, the United Nation's special investigator on torture said yesterday. 'The situation as far as torture is concerned now in Iraq is totally out of hand,' said Manfred Nowak. 'The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than it had been in the times of Saddam Hussein'...
http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick09222006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Patrick Cockburn
The republic of fear is born again. The state of terror now gripping Iraq is as bad as it was under Saddam Hussein. Torture in the country may even be worse than it was during his rule, the United Nation's special investigator on torture said yesterday. 'The situation as far as torture is concerned now in Iraq is totally out of hand,' said Manfred Nowak. 'The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than it had been in the times of Saddam Hussein'...
http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick09222006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 25. Sep, 17:25
