Remember back to the summer of 2003? We could not find those WMDs the
administration swore Saddam had stockpiles of. Slowly the reasoning of our
invasion turned from WMD to freeing the people from the rule of an evil tyrant.
We heard stories of rape rooms and people being tortured by different means that
made your stomach turn.

Now we hear that another Iraqi ran prison has been uncovered and the stories
coming out of there echo those of the Saddam era.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraqi search of a government jail in Baghdad
operated by the Interior Ministry found 13 prisoners who had been subjected
to serious abuse, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

An Iraqi official with firsthand knowledge of the search said at least 12
of the prisoners had suffered “severe torture,” including electric shock,
the newspaper said.

“Two of them showed me their nails and they were gone,” said the
official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The newspaper’s Baghdad-datelined report cited an Iraqi Human Rights
Ministry statement as saying 13 of the prisoners had required medical
treatment and the findings would be “subject to an investigation.”

The statement said 56 of the prisoners in the facility, inspected on
Thursday, had been released immediately following the inspection and another
75 had been transferred to another facility.

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So this is how a free and democratic Iraq is suppose to operate? We may have
removed Saddam from power but his tactics still remain.

This week Iraqi’s go to the polls again – this time to vote for their new
leaders. I am certain it will be a good turnout and there will be questions of
voter irregularities. More so, I now feel the Iraqi’s are going to the polls to
speed up the timetable for foreign troops to leave their country. The problem in
Iraq run deeper than Saddam and deeper than the United States seems to notice.
The best solution for the people of Iraq is to let them sort out their problems.
If they don’t then once again they will be left with another tyrant leader –
this time one we may be able to control again.