Wolf Brigade - Iraq

Dec 2005
Hopes for a stable withdrawal from Iraq rest on the success of Iraqi troops like the Wolf Brigade. We exclusively profile the brigade, which is already infamous for allegedly torturing prisoners.

At a military base in Baghdad, the elite Wolf Brigade are celebrating the success of their latest mission. To loud cheering, they jump up and down in jubilation. It's a rare moment of light relief. Barely a year after they were first set up, the Wolf Brigade has already come in for heavy criticism. Critics say they've been infiltrated by Shia militias and accuse them of torturing Sunni prisoners -- allegations strenuously denied by the soldiers. "I'm a Shia. But if we catch a terrorist and he's a Shia then my sense of Iraqi nationalism will stop me treating him preferentially", vows Major al Ibrahimi, Deputy Commander of Unit 1 in the Wolf Brigade. However, the discovery of nearly 200 Sunni detainees at a Ministry building last month somewhat undermines this claim. Some showed signs of torture. The Wolf Brigade may be the best equipped of Iraq's new forces but this elite unit still has a long way to go. It takes 15 minutes for them to leave their base when they receive a frantic call for help from their own General. And members still have to buy basics, like boots, with their own money. As one member states: "Why should we work hard if they don't give us what we need?"

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[Anad1001nights]

those suidice boomber are total idiots... they're not even Iraqis... and not Muslims for sure...

6ey7a allah 7athdkum... wu askenhum jehenem el7amra insh....

[turkaskeri0]

suicide bombers use islam to get more suicide bombers theyre no muslims

in the koran it says that you are not allowed to kill or hurt

[benitofinito]

@turkaskeri0 Yes but later Quran passages override ones written previously and the later passages are more violent.

It also says it's OK to lie to infidels. 

[jempara95]

The U.S army are a disgrace. They apparently saved Iraq from saddamn and then employ his former police to stop crime!? The wolf brigade drilled holes into 6 year old kids, and George bush fucking employed them! No wonder america are the most hated country in the world..

[moghuls]

all these sucide bomers will go to hell

they kill innocent people .. what allah will reward them .. no one

just hell forever.. these are the people who occupied peoples country in history

islam name was used just like today .. by this al quaeda people

but that does not mean uk is clean people are good but politics is politics

and when you dont have a faith in GOD you can do anything

jesus is watching them

[verstandigemocro]

cmon wf does the us army do they say we build iraq and now they are broke is in simple peaces comon go out iraq

[verstandigemocro]

@turkaskeri0 morrocco is not an radical islamic countrey, sry for that

[DominoEffect8993]

fuck imperialism

and fuck the military

if we hadnt killed saddam we wouldnt be in this mess

[turkaskeri0]

This is not good enough

Iraq must have better than this

more more

KILL KURDS

[turkaskeri0]

if countries in the mid east helped iraq thorugh the war in 1990 instead of turning against iraq we would have won

The fucking Saudi arabian cowards who talk about jihad all day they helped america against iraq in 1990

even morroco helped

the hole arab world helped

what about those traitors?

iraq is the most strong country in the mid east which does not accept his enemy fuck saudis and their jihadists cowards helping america

[10mootje]

you dont no what you say,,,irak police are traders and dogs working whit the enemy the Western troops,,they have an big problem after they are dead on judment day,,,cowards must devend there land and people and first they must kick america realy hard out of the MUSLIM land full of history,,Saddam was not perfect bet better then this what americA HAVE BRING TO IRAQ,,,DEMOCRATIE???? 25% OF THE BABYS IN fALLUJAH ARE DEAD IN THE FIRST DAY thanks to western troops,,,