Allawi Shot Inmates in Cold Blood, Say Witnesses

[GreenPartyVoter]

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 center, in the city's south-western suburbs.

They say Dr Allawi told onlookers the victims had each killed as many as 50 Iraqis and they "deserved worse than death".

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US ambassador, John Negroponte, said: "If we attempted to refute each , we would have no time for other business. As far as this embassy's press office is concerned, this case is closed."


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0716-01.htm

[LittleApple81]

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[shoelace414]

2. if only we had a real press

to look into this story