Wednesday 2 November 2016

An investigation into the role played by a retired US colonel in Iraq's US-funded sectarian interrogation units.


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An investigation into the role played by a retired US colonel in Iraq's US-funded sectarian interrogation units.


Sparked by Wikileaks' release of classified US military documents, this investigation uncovers how the Pentagon sent James Steele, a US veteran of the "dirty wars" in Central America, to oversee sectarian police commando units in Iraq that set up secret detention and torture centres to get information from fighters.
Composed of violent Shia militias, these commandos evolved into death squads and eventually numbered over 17,000 men.