Iraqi Death Squads

In December, in my post, "Salvadoran Option" [link] I posted information about Donald Rumsfeld publicly contemplating the use of US special forces to train Iraqis as assassins and kidnappers to "take the offensive against the insurgents." The tactic was used in El Salvador in the 1980s which resulted in numerous civilian deaths, and the US-backed forces came to be known as "Death Squads."

Now, big surprise, the Iraqi interior ministry is looking into allegations that "Death Squads" are operating in Iraq [link]. There is no evidence that the Iraqi death squads are operating with support from the US, and I am not suggesting that such support necessarily exists, but if nothing else, these events should be enough to dissuade any reasonable person from enacting the "Salvadoran Option." Of course, Donald Rumsfeld is hardly a reasonable person.