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Dispatches: The Death Squads

The torture and slaughter of Iraqi civilians is reaching unprecedented heights with estimates of up to 655,000 dead. Night after night death squads rampage through Iraq’s main cities. In Baghdad, up to a hundred bodies a day are dumped on the streets. Often they’ve been tortured with electric drills. Yet those doing the killing have little to do with al Qaeda or Sunni insurgents. The majority of the killings are carried out by Shia death squads who want to turn Iraq into a Shia state aligned to Iran. This shocking film investigates the links between the death squads and high-ranking Shia politicians. It reveals how the Shia militia that these politicians control have systematically infiltrated and taken over police units and even entire government ministeries. It investigates how these units are closely linked to the death squads, indeed they often are the death squads. And the killers act with impunity – there’s little investigation into their activities.

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  1. the americunts never thought that this war with iraq would drag on this far yet they are the one’s to blame for iraq being in a state of chaos, until the occupation of iraq ends then there would be violence and chaos everyday until the occupation leave’s

  2. wow, well way to go america, our money is being taking from us and given to rich oily assholes and to a democracy in the middle east just so they can commit genocide. fuck seriously, like yeah 9/11 sucked and all but is this how we increase our national security? by invading a country with geopolitical interests for ten+ years, with no real honest open debate about the twin towers, it hurt alot of ppl but instead of acting on it we should of TALKED about it, share stories, talking helps but no we just find the responsible party and chase them down, like first it was wmd, and to get bin, then it was sadam, then it was to help an oppressed ppl, then it is to spread our lovely democrazy politics, by bringing a box to teach them how to vote?? this country is shiiiiit.

  3. wow, well way to go america, our money is being taking from us and given to rich oily assholes and to a democracy in the middle east just so they can commit genocide. fuck seriously, like yeah 9/11 sucked and all but is this how we increase our national security? by invading a country with geopolitical interests for ten+ years, with no real honest open debate about the twin towers, it hurt alot of ppl but instead of acting on it we should of TALKED about it, share stories, talking helps but no we just find the responsible party and chase them down, like first it was wmd, and to get bin, then it was sadam, then it was to help an oppressed ppl, then it is to spread our lovely democrazy politics, by bringing a box to teach them how to vote?? this country is shiiiiit.

  4. Everyting amerigringos touch turn to shit

  5. 0 comments… now there’s a shock. I can only imagine what is happening now in 2011.