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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, October 05, 2006

A horrible story out of Iraq

Rawstory rewriting CBSNews. (They have the original video.)
"A U.S. intelligence report finds that sectarian death squads have taken control of hospitals and morgues in Iraq, reports Lara Logan of CBS News. Secret documentation by the U.S. Military shows that sectarian militias use Hospitals for command and control centers. The militias often kill Sunni patients, some "dragged from their beds." Ambulances are used to transport hostages, weapons, and to escape from coalition troops."

The thing I would add is that the Health Ministry is held by the Sadr faction, and there have been numerous complaints around this relationship previously.

As reference on the factions, militias, and their ministries, I would highly recommend going back to read this post on an NBC reporter's journey to the Baghdad morgue, during which the Health Ministry's protection forces(militia) came into a firefight with the FPS from the electricity ministry controlled by another faction.

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