Iraqi general tells of prison torture horror

AMMAN (AFP) - An Iraqi general formerly in charge of special forces said he witnessed horrific scenes of torture in Iraqi prisons and accused a Shiite militia of being responsible.

"It was horrific. Thousands of detainees, often teenagers, beaten, burned, receiving electric shocks, then the majority killed," Muntazar al-Samarrai, who fled Iraq for Jordan five months ago, told AFP.

In video footage Samarrai said he filmed at one detention center, men show whip marks and acid burns. One of them has lost an eye. Another's legs are broken. Still another has nails driven into his body.

The video also shows the mutilated corpses of three men who Samarrai said died as a result of torture.

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Instead, they are allegations against the government that is trying Hussein for these very things. One might be quite skeptical, but for the photos from Abu Graihb.

What happens when we indeed turn the corner? Bigger better torture chambers with a live tv audience?

against Saddam in 1991 and 2003.

One quite damning quote:

The testimony given by a Shiite woman during ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's trial last week
"could have been the testimony of a female prisoner in one of these centers. Nothing has changed,"
he said.