Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings.
They say the prisoners – handcuffed and blindfolded – were lined up against a wall in a courtyard adjacent to the maximum-security cell block in which they were held at the Al-Amariyah security centre, in the city’s south-western suburbs.
Iraq’s Interior Minister, Falah al-Naqib, is said to have looked on and congratulated him when the job was done.
One of the witnesses claimed that before killing the prisoners Dr Allawi had told those around him that he wanted to send a clear message to the police on how to deal with insurgents.
Could someone please remind me in what ways this new government is better than Saddam’s?
I can’t quite find the difference.
[Source: SMH]
Sounds like a man after Bush’s heart. The difference? Er… This one does what Bush tells him to do? For the moment, that is…
Oh well, there was a time when Saddam was the US’s favourite dictator in the region and he used to do whatever they wanted him to do.
Anyway, if this guy is doing it on his own or because Bush told him to, it’s still basically the same stuff that was happening in the Saddam days.
The country is back under martial law, the death penalty is back and more and more of the stuff Saddam used to do and have is coming back.
So, I’m kind of thinking: Same shit, different colour. not even a different taste 😛
Sorry if that was disgusting.