Troops Find Iraq Torture House; Iran Helping Stem Weapons Flow

Troops Find Iraq Torture House; Iran Helping Stem Weapons Flow

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BAGHDAD — Coalition troops in Iraq found a torture house with five skeletons and 40 nuclear, biological and chemical weapons masks, a U.S. general told FOX News on Thursday.

Brig. Gen. James Boozer said forces found execution equipment and chains in the house in the Diyala River Valley, an Al Qaeda stronghold north of Baghdad, as he touted progress in bolstering Iraqi security forces and said Iran seems to be holding to a commitment to thwart the flow of weapons into Iraq.

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In August, Tehran vowed to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to hinder the smuggling of those weapons, called explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, and ammunition into the hands of extremists.

Maj. Gen. James Simmons, a deputy corps commander, said that in October, U.S. forces logged 1,560 cases in which bombs were either found and exploded.

That compared with 3,239 incidents in March, he said. The October figure was the lowest since September 2005, he added.

It seems like Iran is doing it's part in stopping the flow of weapons into Iraq. The UK reports a 90% drop in attacks on their troops in Basra, there are apparently less weapons coming into the country now, so why has this been the worst year on record for US troop deaths?

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