Boxlicker101
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I wonder about this news item. From what it says, this place was many times worse than Abu Ghraib. I wonder if we will read as much about it and hear as much about it as we did about Abu Ghraib. Ha Ha. Thats a joke, Son.
Insurgent 'torture chamber' found in Iraq: US Thu Dec 20, 2:45 PM ET
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A blood-spattered "torture complex" used by Iraqi insurgents, and the remains of 26 people buried nearby, were found in the province of Diyala on Thursday, the US military announced.
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The news came as at least 36 people were killed in Diyala, most of them in a suicide attack and clashes between suspected Al-Qaeda militants and security forces, officials said.
The grisly discovery near the town of Muqdadiyah, was made during the military's December 8-11 Operation Iron Reeper but only announced on Thursday.
The torture chamber was housed in a area containing three detention facilities, the military said.
"It had chains on the walls and ceilings, a bed still hooked up to an electrical system and several blood-stained items," a statement said.
Thursday's violence occurred in the town of Kanan south of provincial capital Baquba, when a suicide bomber killed 13 Iraqis and a US soldier and wounded 25 others, including 10 US troops, officials said.
The attack took place when a patrol was preparing to enter a building where local councillors were convening, the military said.
"A suicide bomber approached and detonated the explosives" he was wearing, the military said in a statement to AFP.
Baquba police Captain Ahmed Mahmud said the bomber had blown himself up at the office of a local group fighting Al-Qaeda in Diyala, adding that 13 Iraqis were killed.
He said the bomber attacked as volunteers gathered to sign up as members of an Awakening group.
A number of anti-Qaeda groups known as As-Sahwa (Awakening) have mushroomed across Iraq's Sunni regions with the support of the US military, which has said that by December nearly 80,000 Sunni Arabs, as well as Shiites, had signed on to the Awakening movements and neighbourhood-watch groups.
The groups are structured along the lines of the Anbar Awakening Council, the first such attempt by Sunni tribes to form an organised resistance against Al-Qaeda in the western province of Anbar, a Sunni stronghold.
Most of the members of such groups are former insurgents who initially fought the US military along with Al-Qaeda in the aftermath of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime.
The US military claims that since last year many of them turned against Al-Qaeda following excessive brutalities unleashed by the militant group.
In another incident in Diyala, at least 17 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in clashes overnight with Iraqi and US troops west of Baquba, Mahmud said.
The gunbattles, which also involved local anti-Qaeda front members supporting the security forces, took place in the town of Al-Hashmiyat.
"The operation was conducted from Wednesday evening up to Thursday morning and resulted in the killing of 17 Al-Qaeda gunmen. Four Iraqi soldiers and two members of the local Awakening group were also wounded," Mahmud added.
In the town of Hashmiyat, two Iraqi soldiers were killed when a group of gunmen attacked their outpost, police Major Ziyad al-Ani said.
And in the town of Abbara, north of Baquba, another Iraqi soldier was killed when armed men attacked his patrol, Ani said.
One Al-Qaeda militant was also killed by security forces in Abbara, while an Iraqi soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Baquba, Mahmud added.
In the centre of the Iraqi capital, a car bomb killed three people and wounded 18 near the well-known Baghdad Hotel, security officials said.
Insurgent 'torture chamber' found in Iraq: US Thu Dec 20, 2:45 PM ET
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A blood-spattered "torture complex" used by Iraqi insurgents, and the remains of 26 people buried nearby, were found in the province of Diyala on Thursday, the US military announced.
ADVERTISEMENT
The news came as at least 36 people were killed in Diyala, most of them in a suicide attack and clashes between suspected Al-Qaeda militants and security forces, officials said.
The grisly discovery near the town of Muqdadiyah, was made during the military's December 8-11 Operation Iron Reeper but only announced on Thursday.
The torture chamber was housed in a area containing three detention facilities, the military said.
"It had chains on the walls and ceilings, a bed still hooked up to an electrical system and several blood-stained items," a statement said.
Thursday's violence occurred in the town of Kanan south of provincial capital Baquba, when a suicide bomber killed 13 Iraqis and a US soldier and wounded 25 others, including 10 US troops, officials said.
The attack took place when a patrol was preparing to enter a building where local councillors were convening, the military said.
"A suicide bomber approached and detonated the explosives" he was wearing, the military said in a statement to AFP.
Baquba police Captain Ahmed Mahmud said the bomber had blown himself up at the office of a local group fighting Al-Qaeda in Diyala, adding that 13 Iraqis were killed.
He said the bomber attacked as volunteers gathered to sign up as members of an Awakening group.
A number of anti-Qaeda groups known as As-Sahwa (Awakening) have mushroomed across Iraq's Sunni regions with the support of the US military, which has said that by December nearly 80,000 Sunni Arabs, as well as Shiites, had signed on to the Awakening movements and neighbourhood-watch groups.
The groups are structured along the lines of the Anbar Awakening Council, the first such attempt by Sunni tribes to form an organised resistance against Al-Qaeda in the western province of Anbar, a Sunni stronghold.
Most of the members of such groups are former insurgents who initially fought the US military along with Al-Qaeda in the aftermath of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime.
The US military claims that since last year many of them turned against Al-Qaeda following excessive brutalities unleashed by the militant group.
In another incident in Diyala, at least 17 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in clashes overnight with Iraqi and US troops west of Baquba, Mahmud said.
The gunbattles, which also involved local anti-Qaeda front members supporting the security forces, took place in the town of Al-Hashmiyat.
"The operation was conducted from Wednesday evening up to Thursday morning and resulted in the killing of 17 Al-Qaeda gunmen. Four Iraqi soldiers and two members of the local Awakening group were also wounded," Mahmud added.
In the town of Hashmiyat, two Iraqi soldiers were killed when a group of gunmen attacked their outpost, police Major Ziyad al-Ani said.
And in the town of Abbara, north of Baquba, another Iraqi soldier was killed when armed men attacked his patrol, Ani said.
One Al-Qaeda militant was also killed by security forces in Abbara, while an Iraqi soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Baquba, Mahmud added.
In the centre of the Iraqi capital, a car bomb killed three people and wounded 18 near the well-known Baghdad Hotel, security officials said.
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*SIGH!* You know, this question really fucking annoys me Box. 
