Posted by
Prysson on Monday, March 05, 2007 2:44:31 PM
This is why winning seems unattainable.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256603,00.html
Iraq's government opened a probe Monday into a British-Iraqi raid on a police intelligence headquarters in southern Iraq that captured an alleged death squad leader and found 30 prisoners with signs of torture.
The raid took place Sunday at the National Iraqi Intelligence Agency building in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.
Inside, troops discovered 30 prisoners with signs of torture and abuse, including one woman and two children, the British military said in a statement. It did not elaborate.
An alleged death squad leader was captured along with four other suspected militiamen, Maj. David Gell, a British military spokesman, said Monday.
"They were suspected of serious criminal activity, including kidnap, torture, murder and involvement in roadside bomb attacks on multinational forces and civilians," Gell said.
The prisoners were not intentionally released but escaped after the operation, the British military said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered an investigation into the raid and vowed to punish "those who carried out this illegal and irresponsible act," his office said in a statement late Sunday.
So a successful raid that nabs an Iraq Death Squad leader and frees some 30 people being torured by these vile scum...and the Iraqi government under Maliki think that the raid is the criminal act that requires investigation and punishment.
I don’t think I really need to say much more than that…yeah that pretty much sums up the cluster #%@$ that is Iraq. It’s also a pretty clear example of why I am skeptical about the possibility of success with out “surge” plan. The government itself is the dang problem. Criminal murderous thugs are running the show so how on earth do we suggest we are going to do anything about stopping the murders.
Now does this mean winning cant happen…no…but it sure does make it unlikely so long as we are going to allow scumbag, corrupt, thuggish criminals like Maliki to act like they are legitimate heads of state.