BBC-Guardian Expose Uses Wikileaks to Link Iraq Torture Centers to US Col. Steele and Gen. Petraeus
A shocking new report by The Guardian and
BBC
Arabic details how the United States armed and trained Iraqi death
squads that ran torture centers. It is a story that stretches from the
U.S.-backed death squads in Central America during the 1980s to the
imprisoned Army whistleblower Bradley Manning. We play extended excerpts
of "James Steele: America’s Mystery Man in Iraq," which exposes the
role the retired U.S. colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy
wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played in training Iraqi police
commando units.
"We spent maybe six months trying to track down young
American soldiers who served in Samarra," says the film’s executive
producer, Maggie O’Kane, who notes the investigation was sparked by
memos found in the Iraq War Logs released by WikiLeaks.
"But many were
too frightened because of what happened to Bradley Manning." A Pentagon
spokesman told The Guardian it had seen the reports and is looking into
the situation. "As you know, the issue surrounding accusation of abuse
and torture of Iraqi detainees is a complex one that is full of history
and emotion," said Col. Jack Miller. "It will take time to work a
thorough response."
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