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'Dirty Brigades': US-Trained Iraqi Forces Investigated for War CrimesObservers Fear 'Dirty Brigade' Atrocities After ISIS Fight in Fallujah As the Iraqi military digs in against ISIS in the battle for Fallujah, American human rights advocates and Iraqi activists are voicing alarm about the potential for more sectarian atrocities from some Iraqi forces and their militia allies in the event of victory – a possible continuation of captives being tortured and executed with impunity, often on camera.Over the weekend Iraqi officials confirmed that Iraq's controversial Popular Mobilization Forces [PMFs], Shiite-dominated militia groups, are participating in the fight for Fallujah, just west of Baghdad in central Iraq.Human Rights Watch and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense have reported continued instances of war crimes over the past year in Sunni areas north of Baghdad such as Tikrit — showing that some groups in the military and militias on Baghdad's payroll have not stopped committing abuses since an ABC News investigation revealed widespread atrocities posted on social media 14 months ago. http://abcnews.go.com/International/observers-fear-dirty-brigade-atrocities-isis-fight-fallujah/story?id=39506548
War crimes, in legal parlance, can't be committed against a group like ISIL...they're not recognized as a legitimate fighting force in legal terms.As long as the PMF aren't targeting non-combatants, I don't give a flip...These traitors in the State Dept. and Defense Dept. who are engaged in some kind of handwringing over the deaths of such vile vermin need to be dispatched to Iraq and Syria post haste and "join the fight".And for a group like "Human Rights Watch" to worry about them just confirms what I always suspected. A lib infested organization that takes the side of terrorists every time...
And there's your answer. . . .At some point, if you intend to win, you have to be willing to be a bigger sonofabitch than the guy you're fighting. If not, don't bother.