A recent Diary documented that about 6,599 Iraqis were violently killed in the last two months. The UN has now added to this sordid tale by focusing on the fact many had been tortured first and that the situation is worse than under Saddam because of the number of organizations now involved: the military, the police, the interior ministry, militias and the multi-national forces.
The BBC and several news outlets including the AP are carrying stories today highlighting the UN report.
The UN report says detainees' bodies often show signs of beating using electrical cables, wounds in heads and genitals, broken legs and hands, electric and cigarette burns.
Bodies found at the Baghdad mortuary "often bear signs of severe torture including acid-induced injuries and burns caused by chemical substances".
Many bodies have missing skin, broken bones, back, hands and legs, missing eyes, missing teeth and wounds caused by power drills or nails, the UN report says.
Victims come from prisons run by US-led multinational forces as well as by the ministries of interior and defence and private militias, the report said.
The most brutal torture methods were employed by private militias, Mr Nowak told journalists.
The report also says the frequency of sectarian bloodletting means bodies are often found which "bear signs indicating that the victims have been brutally tortured before their extra-judicial execution".
BBC
I had nothing to add but to say we bear a great moral responsability to remove Mr. Bush from office and to end this conflict in a way that stops this madness.