UN wrote to US about Iraq deaths

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3706907.stm

The UN's Human Rights Commission repeatedly asked coalition forces for explanations about deaths in detention in Iraq, it has been revealed.

In letters seen by the BBC, senior UN official Asma Jahangir writes to the US and UK of her concern over deaths in custody and extra-judicial killings.

She lists a series of allegations about the use of disproportionate force by coalition troops.

The letters also describe reports of cruel treatment of Iraqis.

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[Spazito]

1. There is NO doubt in my mind that the Blair gang and the bush gang...

have known for a long time about the torture and murder of Iraqi detainees and, at best, condoned it and, at worst, ordered it. It will be very interesting to read the UN Human Rights report on Iraq when it comes out at the end of the month. More bad news for the faux cowboy and the poodle I suspect.