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Iraq update. Why the troops should be pulled out, unless ofcourse this administrations intrested increasing the threat of terrorism.
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Iraq: U.S. Checkpoints Continue to Kill
The failure of U.S. forces in Iraq to implement basic precautions at checkpoints has led to unnecessary deaths of civilians two years after these inadequacies were identified, Human Rights Watch said today.
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" The military should immediately take the basic steps to ensure that Iraqi civilians, as well as U.S. soldiers, are safe at checkpoints. The fact that soldiers who man checkpoints are at real risk is not an excuse for complacency. These risks should not be transferred to civilians. "
-Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch
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source: Human Rights Watch
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U.S.: Abu Ghraib Only the “Tip of the Iceberg”
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are part of a larger pattern of abuses against Muslim detainees around the world, Human Rights Watch said on the eve of the April 28 anniversary of the first pictures of U.S. soldiers brutalizing prisoners at the Iraqi jail.
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source: Human Rights Watch
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