|
Opposition sez Sammy bumped off 15...
Another one from Steve...An Iraqi opposition group said Monday that 15 political dissidents had been executed in a prison west of Baghdad. The claim by the Center for Human Rights, which is linked to the Iraqi Communist Party, could not be independently confirmed. The Iraqi government does not comment on such allegations. What're they supposed to say? "Yeah. We dunnit, and we're glad!"? The center, citing unnamed sources inside Iraq, said that the executions took place in the Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, on July 21 and the bodies were buried at night in a mass grave at al-Karkh cemetery in Baghdad. A statement faxed to The Associated Press in Cairo said the men had been executed for opposing President Saddam Hussein's regime. So far, the center has reported 33 executions of political prisoners during July. I'm surprised the number's that low... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-01 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=7140 |