The Practive of Torture Is Still Permitted In Iraq

Ali Methboub protects his identity as he poses for a photo. Mr. Methboub was detained for more than two years in an Iraqi prison where he was tortured into making blatantly false confessions. Scott Peterson/Getty Images

Iraqi Torture Victim's Tale Reveals Nation's Darker Side -- Christian Science Monitor

Ali, a member of the Methboub family that the Monitor has followed since 2002 in Iraq, continues to struggle with the abuse he suffered after being unjustly imprisoned for 2-1/2 years.

Ali was always the least troublesome Methboub son, a dutiful member of the Iraqi family whose saga the Monitor has chronicled since 2002. So his arrest and imprisonment shocked matriarch Karima Selman Methboub and her children, beginning one of the darkest periods for a Baghdad household that has resiliently survived every other aspect of Iraq's long war.

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My Comment: The legacy (and everyday use) of torture will be with Iraq for a very long time .... long after the U.S. has departed.