On the other hand, it seems clear that both the US and the Iraqi authorities are determined to stop such abuses, which appear to be perpetrated by elements of one political party.

U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a secret Iraqi detention bunker run by the Ministry of Interior in central Baghdad and freed 173 Sunni prisoners who had been tortured with electric shocks and drills, Iraqi and U.S. officials said yesterday.
The Ministry of Interior in the Shi'ite-led government has been repeatedly accused of allowing extrajudicial detentions and abuses, including operation of anti-Sunni hit squads.

A Baghdad police official said officers from the Shi'ite-led Badr Brigade, which answers to the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) political party, were manning the bunker when the U.S. and Iraqi forces arrived.

"The army searched the bunker and found many prisoners there," said the police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They found prisoners who had been treated inhumanely, tortured with warm water, electricity and drills in their bodies."

He said all the detainees were Sunnis, and police braced for an outburst of anger when news of the discovery is widely circulated today.

Since they have seen fit to act like Saddamites, I hope the Iraqi courts treat the perpetrators like Saddamites.

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