Secret Prisons Revealed In Iraq

Secret Prison Revealed In Baghdad -- L.A. Times

Forces under the office of Prime Minister Maliki held hundreds of Sunni men at the facility. The U.S. fears that the news will stoke instability.

Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's military office, where many were routinely tortured until the country's Human Rights Ministry gained access to the facility, Iraqi officials say.

The men were detained by the Iraqi army in October in sweeps targeting Sunni groups in Nineveh province, a stronghold of the group Al Qaeda in Iraq and other militants in the north. The provincial governor alleged at the time that ordinary citizens had been detained as well, often without a warrant.

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My Comment: There are many prisons in Iraq, but the idea that there are still secret ones .... after all of this time and suffering .... such news will only stoke the urge for Sunni Iraqis to start a civil war.

Were Americans aware of these prisons .... I would be surprised if they were not.