Switched Off in Basra

(New York Times) Steven Vincent - An Iraqi police lieutenant confirmed the widespread rumors that a few police officers are perpetrating many of the hundreds of assassinations that take place in Basra each month. There is even a sort of "death car" that glides through the city streets, carrying off-duty police officers in the pay of extremist religious groups to their next assignment.


2005-08-04 00:00:00

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