US-backed death squads no better than Saddam

A GREAT day for Iraq, said the Bush administration after learning that Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging — a sentiment echoed by the US-backed puppet government of Iraq.

The trial of Saddam and its outcome can only be viewed with profound cynicism and contempt considering the gross ‘crimes against humanity’ being perpetrated daily by the new Iraqi regime under the noses of American military forces.

As exposed in an excellent Channel 4 programme recently, the supposedly democratic police force created with the help and advice of the American occupiers has been responsible for untold numbers of summary executions — murders — of innocent Iraqis.