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On Truthout this morning:

April 24, 2006 | A US-Iraqi inspection team photographed prisoners at an Interior Ministry detention center in Baghdad on February 16th. Abuse of prisoners was found at all the sites visited through February, including severe abuse at two of the detention centers. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pledged that US troops would attempt to stop inhumane treatment if they saw it.
(Photo: AP)

Would - ATTEMPT - To - Stop - Inhumane - Treatment - IF - They - Saw - It?

What the fuck does that mean? Who is the occupying military authority in Iraq? Who is responsible for the administration of detention centers? Who oversees them if not US troops? Who staffs them if not US military grunts and Iraqis on the US-occupation payroll? WHO IS DOING THE BEATING, MAIMING AND TORTURING?