{"id":10779,"date":"2012-02-08T20:52:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T01:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenix.wordpress.com\/?p=10779"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:24:50","slug":"in-iraq-65-executions-in-first-40-days-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/02\/in-iraq-65-executions-in-first-40-days-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"In Iraq, 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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State executions are just one measure of repression that continues with US support<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

by John Glaser, February 08, 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Less than two months into 2012, the Iraqi government has executed at least 65 prisoners, as the country continues to slip into dictatorship with continued support from the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many aspects of the government in Baghdad have spiraled out of control since the end of the U.S. military occupation,<\/span> but the rate of state executions has skyrocketed<\/a>. In January, 51 prisoners were put to death, and 14 more on February 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iraqi government seems to have given state executioners the green light to execute at will,\u201d said Joe Stork<\/span>, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThe government needs to declare an immediate moratorium on all executions and begin an overhaul of its flawed criminal justice system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki\u2019s security forces have<\/span> detained and brutally tortured more than 1,000 political opponents<\/a> in secret prisons and denied them access to legal counsel. Ayad Allawi, a political opponent of Maliki, has alleged that Maliki aims to extract false confessions that implicate his political rivals and justify taking legal action against them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, some of the confessions obtained through torture in the last few months have been the basis for trying to<\/span> detain Maliki\u2019s Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on trumped up terrorism charges<\/a>, in a broader effort to marginalize Sunni leaders in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maliki\u2019s turn towards dictatorship sharpened almost immediately after U.S. occupation forces left in December. He has<\/span> circumvented Parliament<\/a>, consolidated<\/span> illegitimate power<\/a> in a<\/span> long trend of quasi-dictatorial behavior<\/a>, harshly cracked down<\/a> on peaceful activism, harassed and even attacked journalists that were critical of his regime, and recently betrayed an agreement that would have limited his ability to marginalize his Sunni rivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite all this, the Obama administration is planning to negotiate with the Iraqi government on a<\/span> new long-term defense agreement<\/a> that may include an expanded number of U.S. troops and U.S. support in the form of<\/span> money and weapons continue to flow<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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