Anyone find the timing of this "find" suspicious, given the MSM focus on the CIA's torture tapes destruction, readers?
Also see: Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
"US troops report finding torture site used by Al Qaeda; Iraq villagers say fear kept them silent" by Bradley Brooks, Associated Press | December 21, 2007
BAGHDAD - Blood-splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling, and swords on the killing floor - the artifacts left a disturbing tale of brutalities inside a suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq torture chamber. But there was yet another chilling fact outside the dirt-floor dungeon.
That would be THIS "Al-CIA-Duh," right?
Also see: "Al-CIA-Duhs" Catch-and-Release Program
Villagers say they knew about the torment but were too intimidated by extremists to tell authorities until now. Stories such as these - of insurgent abuses and the silence of frightened Iraqis - have emerged with increasing frequency and clarity recently as US-led forces push deeper into former extremist fiefdoms and forge alliances with tribes seeking to reclaim their regions.
So we will have to stay and keep pushing, huh?
Pffffffttttt!
This is a PENTAGON PROPAGANDA PRODUCTION, folks!
The reports and tips now pouring in build a harrowing portrait of rule under Al Qaeda and its backers: mass graves, ruthless punishments, and self-styled Islamic courts ordering summary executions. Such a lead brought soldiers earlier this month to the hidden room in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, the US military said yesterday.
Then I'll dismiss it right away!
The floor was littered with food wrappers, plastic soda bottles, and electric cables that snaked to a metal bed frame, presumably where detainees were shocked, according to the US account of the discovery during a Dec. 8-11 mission.
Wait a frikkin' minute!
"Al-CIA-Duh" DRINKS SODAS, huh?
OH!
The SHITSTINK of U.S. PROPAGANDA!
Overwhelming!
The rooms "had chains, a bed - an iron bed that was still connected to a battery - knives and swords that were still covered in blood," said US Army Major General Mark P. Hertling, the top US commander in northern Iraq. Nearby were nine mass graves containing the remains of 26 people, he said.
Villagers knew about the torture site, but did not tell authorities because they were afraid of reprisals from the militants, a local policeman told The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was still afraid of being targeted by extremists.
He said he thought the chamber had been used for a year. It was not the first such torture chamber discovered in Iraq. But it highlighted the enduring extremist grip in parts of Iraq despite growing optimism as violence has lessened.
Pffffttt! Whatever!
Diyala Province is mixed between Sunnis and Shi'ites - often called a "little Iraq" and a remnant of Iraq before sectarian bloodletting partitioned many parts of the country along religious lines. Diyala's capital, Baqubah, also is the seat of the insurgents' caliphate.
Yeah, about that "sectarianism."
I've got a clue as to WHO it is!!!!
Salvador Option
Special Police Commandos
Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group
Prop 201 tutorial
FRU
Hertling: "I think that is why Al Qaeda wants that province so very much. [The locale also gives the insurgents] access to Baghdad."
American commanders say they are a long way from declaring victory in Diyala. The weapons caches found during the Muqdadiyah raids included a surface-to-air missile launcher, sniper rifles, and 130 pounds of homemade explosives.
Hertling: "You know, there's going to be continued spectacular attacks. Are we confident we can protect it? As soon as I say, 'Yeah, we're confident,' it's going to blow tomorrow."
In March, US troops discovered another apparent torture site in the village of Karmah just west of Baghdad that was used by Sunni insurgents. They rescued two Iraqi captives, who apparently had been spared immediate execution because the militants wanted to film the killing but their video camera broke.
Oh, yeah, they found two "Al-CIA-Duh" torture houses!
Two always sounds better than one.
It's like calling in sick at work.
You always call two days in a row, otherwise it looks like you are just faking it, right?
And the "terrorists" backed off a killing because their camera broke?
Haw-haw-haw-haw-haw!!!
That's a GOOD ONE!!
A real KNEE-SLAPPER!
The captives told US soldiers they had been sentenced to death by an insurgent court and had the choice of either beheading or a fatal gunshot.
Both Sunni insurgents and Shi'ite militia death squads are believed to torture their captives before killing them - sometimes with power drills. Most of the hundreds of bodies that have turned up in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq show signs of torture."
Sigh!
