The New American-Trained Iraqi Police

One little, two little, three little Iraqis,
Four little, five little, six little Iraqis,
Seven little, eight little, nine little Iraqis,
Ten little, eleven little, twelve little Iraqis Bricklayers.

Twelve little, eleven little, ten little Iraqis,
Nine little, eight little, seven little Iraqis,
Six little, five little, four little Iraqis
Three little Iraqi Bricklayers.

Here is an example of the new American trained security force of Iraq, that wonderful 'island of democracy'.

A bricklayer was shot by gunfire between insurgents and the Iraqi security force. Eleven of his bricklaying mates helped take him to hospital. Poor bloke was dead on arrival. The Police commandos then arrived at the hospital and arrested all the 11 blokes who took the wounded man there. To make the haul a nice dozen, they also arrested another man who just happened to be there, having accompanied his pregnant wife to the hospital.

They beat up the 12, locked them in a metallic police van for 14 hours, most of the time in the blazing sun. When they opened up the van, probably for another round of questioning and beating, 9 of them had died from suffocation. The remaining 3 had to be hospitalised.

But no worries, if they were trained by the Americans, then it is unlikely they would be prosecuted. Afterall, those who died were “suspects”.

Don’t forget, dead “suspects” tell no tales!