Horror show reveals Iraq’s descent (Baghdad Morgue)

[sabra]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2230672,00.html

Horror show reveals Iraq’s descent
A morgue’s grim scenes testify to a disintegrating nation, says Hala Jaber in Baghdad


THE morning rush had begun at the health ministry’s morgue in Baghdad, and by 9.30am last Thursday 36 coffins already lined the street outside. A muffled wailing came from the minibuses parked nearby where women shrouded in black waited to go inside and search for loved ones, knowing too well what they would find.

The single-storey Al-Tub al-Adli morgue, whose nondescript appearance belies the horrors within, has become synonymous with the seemingly unstoppable violence that has turned Baghdad into the most frightening city on earth.

It is here that bodies from the nightly slaughter are dumped each morning. The stench of decaying flesh, mingled with disinfectant, hits you at the checkpoint 100 yards away.

Each corpse tells a different story about the terrors of Iraq. Some bodies are pocked with holes inflicted by torturers with power drills. Some show signs of strangulation; others, with hands tied behind the back, bear bullet wounds. Many are charred and dismembered.

sabra> anyone who doesn't believe that Iraq is in a civil war, should read this article.

[babylonsister]

1. And this is called liberation from Saddam? What have we wrought? nt

[calimary]

24. Oh yeah. They're all better off without Saddam.

Aren't they?

[Critters2]

26. Those lucky bastards

:sarcasm:

[snappyturtle]

2. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ONCE AGAIN....WHERE IS THE U.S. MEDIA???????????? OH, LEST I FORGET...THERE'S NO CIVIL WAR THERE....MOVE RIGHT ALONG!!

[rodeodance]

13. the media does not show caskets. here or in Iraq.

[Barrett808]

3. Horror show reveals Iraq’s descent (Baghdad morgue: children tortured)

Horror show reveals Iraq’s descent
A morgue’s grim scenes testify to a disintegrating nation, says Hala Jaber in Baghdad

THE morning rush had begun at the health ministry’s morgue in Baghdad, and by 9.30am last Thursday 36 coffins already lined the street outside. A muffled wailing came from the minibuses parked nearby where women shrouded in black waited to go inside and search for loved ones, knowing too well what they would find.

The single-storey Al-Tub al-Adli morgue, whose nondescript appearance belies the horrors within, has become synonymous with the seemingly unstoppable violence that has turned Baghdad into the most frightening city on earth.

It is here that bodies from the nightly slaughter are dumped each morning. The stench of decaying flesh, mingled with disinfectant, hits you at the checkpoint 100 yards away.

Each corpse tells a different story about the terrors of Iraq. Some bodies are pocked with holes inflicted by torturers with power drills. Some show signs of strangulation; others, with hands tied behind the back, bear bullet wounds. Many are charred and dismembered.

...

“Each had a piece of knotted green cloth tied around his neck and I could see they’d been strangled,” the doctor said. He also noticed round holes that were slightly inflamed in several parts of their body, a sign that they had been tortured with electric drills before being killed. “Even their eyes had been drilled and only hollow sockets remained,” he said.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2230672,00.html

[MrSlayer]

4. A playground for the demented.

It's a shame that those who are truly responsible for this will never, ever have to pay for it.

[w4rma]

9. "Stay and pay" say the Repugs. (nt)

[rodeodance]

14. “What level have we sunk to" asks the doc (re. brutal killings).

......When he pointed out the injuries to his friend, the pathologist shrugged and took another drag on his cigarette, saying this was now routine.

“We have turned into a zoo,” Siddique told me. “What level have we sunk to, to kill people in such a manner and hardly to notice any more?”

The doctor sat with me for a long time, silent and seemingly unable to move. Then he began to give voice to his thoughts.

“Did those children scream in pain? Did the torturers laugh as they drilled? If we ever had a just cause as a country occupied by foreigners, it was lost the moment the resistance started beheading and drilling human beings. No matter how noble their cause when it began, they have now reached a dead end.”

[rodeodance]

15. “Did those children scream in pain? Did the torturers laugh as they drille

d?



.......“Did those children scream in pain? Did the torturers laugh as they drilled? If we ever had a just cause as a country occupied by foreigners, it was lost the moment the resistance started beheading and drilling human beings. No matter how noble their cause when it began, they have now reached a dead end.”

[Tsiyu]

5. ayep

jest spreadin' christianity and democracy all over iraq.



winning hearts and minds


turning the corner


last throes....


mission accomplished.







and what a gruesome mission it was

[Anywho6]

6. I hate the Bushit regime w/an undying passion!!!!!! n/t

[IndianaGreen]

7. Congress voted for this war, and continues to vote for this war

Who are the 6 Democratic Senators that voted against the GOP resolution to stay the course in Iraq?

[Anywho6]

21. Are you referring to the six dems...

...who voted FOR the Kerry amendment to withdraw troops by December 31, 2006? Sens. Robert Byrd (D-WV), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Kerry (D-MA) And Ted Kennedy (D-MA) voted For Kerry's withdrawal plan. The vote was 93-6.

I agree with you. I believe MANY Dems are guilty by complacency. Where is the outrage? Where is the screaming? Where are the true defenders of The Constitution? Where are the people willing to risk EVERYTHING to stand up and shut down Congress (for the next 2+ years as far as I'm concerned)? All of the hand-wringing and rhetoric are meaningless. These bastards have a strangle hold on this country and people better start thinking WAY out of the box--"Desperate times call for desperate measures." All of the "rules" were tossed out a while ago by this false administration--you can kiss these next elections good-bye unless the Dems stop "playing nice."

Peace...

[Rageneau]

8. Makes you proud to be an American don't it?

Thank you GOP, MSM and GWB.

We couldn't have done this without you.

[Erika]

10. Never forget Oil and corporatism is what W cares about

Rove sees to it that wedge issues are thrown in so the corporatist agenda will prevail.

[Igel]

11. It's not how I think of as civil war.

A disintegrating society with no clear moral standards giving any value to groups outside one's own, sure.

A civil war has more organization and civility than the people doing these things could ever possibly muster.

Perhaps if they could rise to the level of tribal warfare they'd have a chance of attaining actual civil war. But even then, most civil wars in the last 400 years have typically had higher moral standards. Not all, but most.

What was I saying ... that's part of the problem, many of them lag by more than 400 years.

Edit: I had a verb that didn't agree.

[norml]

12. The Horror!

[rodeodance]

16. brutal as it is--this article should sour around the world.

[leftchick]

17. this is the most horrifying article I have read about Iraq. Ever!

and it was all predicted to happen. I just did not realize how awful it would be. fuck!

[Barrett808]

25. There are more horrors to come, undoubtedly.

The electric-drill treatment is only the beginning.

:scared:

[Amonester]

18. We told wingnuts - and "momentarily-naive lie$ believers" so.

We were ridiculed, smeared, name-called, because we wanted them to realize that's what was going to happen.

Our (easily-) predicted horrors happened, happens, and will happen.

But the "Who cares what they think?" moran was "funny" for a lot of absolute morons... :cry:

What can we do now?

[shanti]

19. drills???

this is unbearable, especially to the children :cry:

[spanone]

20. And the Imperial Decider only cares about a bump in the polls.

[BeHereNow]

22. I think I am going to be sick...horrifying article.

Keep shopping duh'merica.
BHN

[KDLarsen]

23. A truly disturbing article

.. but I'm a bit curious: I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that muslims must be buried within 24 hours of their death. Is this not a big factor when the death occurs "un-naturally" or is it not that strictly enforced, given Iraqs history of being pretty secular (compared to their neighbours Saudi Arabia).

[aaronbees]

27. "Each corpse tells a different story ..."

Thousands upon thousands of stories, growing every day -- 20 to 30 bodies received on a "quiet day." Mind-bogglingly scary ... and our government shares a large part of the blame.

[malaise]

28. Remember Snowjob says to

focus on the positives. These are just numbers.:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[schmuls]

29. The article can't be accurate - after all, the president of our

country - The GreatDecider - just went there and said everything is going great - he wouldn't lie to us, would he?

[saigon68]

30. The Bush Criminals Lie like rugs

[Sabriel]

31. Kick for anyone who missed this

Too horrific not to be aware of. Nice contradiction, eh?