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Iraqi Premier Decries Torture of Detainees
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Members of Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority allege that former militiamen of Shiite religious parties are leading a campaign of jailings and killings that targets Sunnis. Many former militia fighters have jointed the Interior Ministry forces.
Scores of handcuffed Sunni men have been found shot and killed around the country since Jafari's government took office in April.
The interim Shiite majority government is fighting a Sunni-led insurgency, in which thousands of civilians and security force members have been killed.
In Baghdad, Saleh Mutlak, a Sunni politician, said Monday that torture was common in Iraq's prisons.
"The problem is that people think this is the only one, that it's a surprise thing for the government," he said. "Any prison now in Iraq you will find the same."
Mutlak acknowledged that torture was prevalent under the Sunni-dominated government of ousted president Saddam Hussein. "But not as bad," he said.
Staff writer Peter Baker in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
