Iraq charges dozens of police with torture

[Canuck_Buck]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it had brought the first-ever charges of torture against members of the Iraqi police, who are accused of close ties to the Shiite death squads whose daily abductions and killings fuel the sectarian violence convulsing the country.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/07/iraq.main.ap/index.html

.....this sort of thing was common amongst Saddam's henchmen, remember?

[kevin1]

Doesn't surprise me in the least , once a savage , always a savage .

[CalHunter]

I view this as a good sign that the new Iraqi government is stepping up to the plate and taking care of business.

[deernutz]

Doesn't surprise me at all. Used to train them. Can't get into details but some ended up dead and some were caught with some dead in their trunk.

[petasux]

Finally, some progress