Pinkertons at the CPA: Iraq's resurgent labor unions could have helped rebuild the country's civil society. The Bush administration, of course, tried to crush them.(Coalition Provisional Authority)(George W. Bush)

From: Washington Monthly | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Harwood, Matthew | Copyright information

On Jan. 4, labor union leader Hadi Saleh returned to his Baghdad home after work. Five masked men laid in wait. After he entered, they jumped him, blind-folded him, and bound his hands and feet. The intruders beat and burnt Saleh on his torso and head and then choked him to death with an electrical cord. Before they left, the men strafed Saleh's body with bullets. His membership flies were ran-sacked. This wasn't everyday violence. Saleh was, at the time of his death, international...

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