"But no more rape rooms...sorta"

Freedom is on the march, blah, fucking, blah.

Try the "new" and improved, "things are getting better" Baghdad (full article requires subscription):
By Robert Fisk
Published: 17 August 2005

Secrets of the morgue: Baghdad's body count Bodies of 1,100 civilians brought to mortuary in July Pre-invasion, July figure was typically less than 200
Last Sunday alone, the mortuary received 36 bodies Up to 20 per cent of the bodies are never identified Many of the dead have been tortured or disfigured

The Baghdad morgue is a fearful place of heat and stench and mourning, the cries of relatives echoing down the narrow, foetid laneway behind the pale-yellow brick medical centre where the authorities keep their computerised records. So many corpses are being brought to the mortuary that human remains are stacked on top of each other. Unidentified bodies must be buried within days for lack of space - but the municipality is so overwhelmed by the number of killings that it can no longer provide the vehicles and personnel to take the remains to cemeteries.

July was the bloodiest month in Baghdad's modern history - in all, 1,100 bodies were brought to the city's mortuary; executed for the most part, eviscerated, stabbed, bludgeoned, tortured to death....

Many criticize Fisk (well, many on the right) for not being a cheerleader for the use of the military. When he sees things like this, is there any wonder why?