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Sure, Christianity had the inquisition… but do we really have an excuse for torture chambers in places of worship anymore?
“This was the torture room,” said Muhanad, the leader of a U.S.-backed armed group that now controls the mosque.
“This is what they used for hanging,” he said, pointing to a cord dangling from the ceiling. “Here is a chain we found tied to an old man’s body.
The horrific scene at this southwestern Baghdad mosque is what officials say was the work of a Shiite militia known as the Mehdi Army. Residents who live near the mosque say they could hear the victims’ screams.
The militia had been in control of the mosque, called Adib al-Jumaili, from at least January 2007 until May of this year. Residents say coalition forces weren’t in the region and the torture and killings went unchecked.
Some of the victims were accused of being spies for U.S. forces. Other family members don’t know why their loved ones disappeared. The family members at the mosque who spoke to CNN were all Shiite, the same branch of Islam as the Mehdi militia. But, they say, some of the victims were Sunni as well.
It’s not a matter of Shiite and Sunni violence anymore but rather Muslims destroying each other. Even if American forces suspected misdoings inside the mosque, the soldiers would be forced to obey laws of religious sanctity.
Good thinking Mehdi militia. Use your mosques as protection from American forces to torture fellow Muslims. Fan-fucking-tastic.
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