In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...

In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison. He described in detail how he personally oversaw the murders of thousands of prisoners on Saddam's orders. Janabi said that on 20 March he and three officers from other state bodies were appointed as the 'supervisory committee' to select and oversee the liquidation of 2,000 prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. According to Janabi, the killing began in earnest at 6am the following day. Firing squads, assembled under the supervision of the governor and Janabi's 'committee', brought the prisoners in groups to be shot in several indoor chambers. Other inmates were hanged in a special 'hanging hall'. Janabi said the usual method for execution by firing squad is two bullets in the chest followed by a shot to the head. However, the pressure of killing so many meant that they were only shot in the head.