Iraq’s New Death Squad

[From New American Media]

Editor’s Note: The Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF) is probably the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, and it is free of many of the controls that most governments employ to rein in such lethal forces. Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute, the Center for Investigative Reporting and New American Media. NAM Middle East correspondent Shane Bauer spent early 2009 reporting from Iraq This article was first published in The Nation.

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