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Susan B. Glasser
Scars, Mutilation Document Hussein Regime's Torture Former Iraqi prisoners recounted in minute detail stories of torture in Basra prisons.
Keeping Tabs on Comrades, 'Traitors' The bookkeepers of the police state were meticulous. They tracked thousands of army deserters, kept copious files on every comrade in their ranks, and passed on intelligence warnings about spies and saboteurs.
In the News
Tribe Recaptures Its Liberty, if Not Its Land (Post, April 14, 2003)
Tempers Flare at Assembly In Basra: New Mayor Defends Plans to Restore Order (Post, April 13, 2003)
Party Is Gone, But Amazingly, She Is Not (Post, April 12, 2003)
Sheik's Appointment by British Triggers Protests and Accusations (Post, April 11, 2003)
Baath Party Remains a Presence: Senior Leaders May Be Gone, but the Organization Has Deep Roots (Post, April 10, 2003)
Bearing Wounds, Shiites Return to Torture Chamber (Post, April 9, 2003)
Human Remains Appear To Be From 1980s War: Investigator Views Deaths as 'Consistent With Combat' (Post, April 7, 2003)
For Firefighters, Smoke of Battle Mostly Cleared: Despite Predictions, Few Blazes or Bombs Found in Southern Oil Fields (Post, April 3, 2003)
Reconstruction Planners Worry, Wait and Reevaluate (Post, April 2, 2003)
Patriots Give Sense of Safety to Kuwait: System Scores Success in Intercepting Iraqi Missiles After Failures in 1991 War (Post, March 28, 2003)
Iraqi Tanks Try to Break Out Of Basra: British Troops Bombard City (Post, March 27, 2003)
British See Uprising By Civilians In Basra (Post, March 26, 2003)
Clashes at Key River Crossing Bring Heaviest Day of American Casualties: 16 May Be Dead, Five Others Are Taken Prisoner (Post, March 24, 2003)
Forces Leave Instability in Wake (Post, March 23, 2003)
Ground War Starts, Airstrikes Continue As U.S. Keeps Focus on Iraq's Leaders: Crash Kills 12 British, U.S. Troops (Post, March 21, 2003)
Iraq Fires Missiles Toward Kuwait (Post, March 21, 2003)
Bases Guarding Against Attacks: Bases in Persian Gulf Monitor Staff Closely as Tension Rises (Post, March 16, 2003)
U.S. Forces in Kuwait Inch Closer to War (Post, March 13, 2003)
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