Iraq fires three top cops over abuse

To rid his special police units of prisoner abuses and human rights violations, Iraq’s Interior minister has fired three top special police commanders and disbanded a rogue internal affairs unit, said the U.S. general who advises the minister on training and operations.

In an interview with The Washington Times, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Peterson detailed those and other measures taken to reform the ministry’s operations and deal with charges that Iraqi police have formed death squads and tortured prisoners at secret sites.

Iraq fires three top cops over abuse