US Training of Death Squads in Iraq? - War Is A Crime .org

They told soldiers they were taking a Sunni man away to be shot dead."The amazing thing is... they tell you exactly what they're going to do," Gen Peterson said.MilitiasGen Peterson said US forces were holding four of the men at the Abu Ghraib prison and that the18 other men were being detained at an Iraqi jail.The Sunni man, who was accused of murder, is also being detained.Subsequent investigations found the four men in US custody are linked to the Badr Organisation,the armed militia of one of Iraq's main Shia parties, the Supreme Council for the IslamicRevolution in Iraq.I think there are many people inside the interior ministry involved with these deaths orgiving the uniforms of colleagues to criminalsIraqi Human Rights Minister Narmin UthmanBut Gen Peterson said he was convinced Iraqi Interior Minster Bayan Jabr, a member of Sciri,had no knowledge of or involvement in the death squads."Who are these guys? That's what the minister is trying to find out," he said."They are discrediting him and his organisation. He wants to find these guys. He does notsupport them."But Gen Peterson said he believed other death squads were operating within the Iraqi securityforces."It's an issue of loyalties, of allegiance," he said. "If you're still wearing your Badr T-shirt underyour uniform, that's a problem."'Official help'Iraqi Human Rights Minister Narmin Uthman said she believed lower-level officials werehelping the death squads."These officials are helping the criminals by informing them on where targeted people are goingor where people are living," she told AP.A spokesman for the country's main Sunni Arab party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, backed the launchof the investigation.113