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Here we go telling the Gander that it’s only god for the Goose. It appears that when the U.S. holds “Terror Suspects”, it’s OK to torture them and “lose” them, but when Iraq does the same, Iraq is wrong in doing so. Glad to know. Now the question is, who’s wrong, Iraq, or the U.S.? They have both done the same thing, while both on the same side of the terror war. If Iraq is wrong, then the U.S. policy is wrong also, if the U.S. is right, then so is Iraq.. Let’s see how they spin this out.

BASRA, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi and British troops discovered about 30 prisoners — including a woman and children — showing signs of torture at an Iraqi Intelligence Agency office in Basra Sunday, the British military said.

Led by the Iraqis, the forces launched “an arrest and detention operation” for wanted terrorists at two successive locations, British Lt. Col. Kevin Stratfordright told CNN.

After capturing one suspected terrorist at the first location, the troops “were directed to the Iraqi Intelligence Agency — a regional office in Basra — where they suspected another target individual was located,” he said.

At the intelligence office, according to a British military news release, the troops discovered “around 30 prisoners, including a woman and two children, who were being held and many of whom showed signs of torture and abuse.”

But although Stratfordright told CNN the detainees had been in the custody of the Iraqi Intelligence Agency, he would not confirm the initial reports of torture.

“There was some suggestion by those forces on site that some of the detainees showed signs of abuse,” Stratfordright told CNN. “At least one person on site used the word ‘torture’ in describing the situation on location. I can’t confirm whether the word torture is accurate or not.”

Neither is it clear who directed the troops to the intelligence office, but after coalition forces left, the prisoners escaped, according to a British military statement.

“It is unclear exactly how this occurred, though we can confirm that the Iraqi forces did not release the prisoners; nor was their release the intention of the operation,” said the statement.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued a statement calling for an “urgent investigation” into who authorized the raid of the office — but said nothing about investigating how the prisoners came to be there.

Referring to the raid, the statement stressed “the need to punish those who carried out this illegal and irresponsible action.”

December raid on police station

A December raid on a Basra police station led to the arrest of police officers suspected of planning the killing of 76 prisoners.

“The serious crimes unit themselves were guilty of serious crimes,” British Major Charlie Burbridge said following the raid on Christmas Day.

Burbridge said the rogue unit “would take people in the middle of the night and they would never appear again.”

He said the December raid was authorized by Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki and was ordered based on information they were “likely to start executing the prisoners — so we had to move fast.”

A number of the detainees found in December showed signs of torture, including crushed hands and feet, cigarette burns, gunshot wounds to the legs, and signs of electric cable torture, Burbridge said.

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