Baghdad residents told of death threats against doctors who would treat Sunnis, of intravenous lines ripped from patients’ arms
November 5, 2007 5:48 am IraqTrial Nearer for Shiite Ex-Officials in Sunni Killings - New York Times, November 5, 2007
BAGHDAD, Nov. 3 — An Iraqi judge has ruled that there is enough evidence to try two former Health Ministry officials, both Shiites, in the killing and kidnapping of hundreds of Sunnis, many of them snatched from hospitals by militias, according to American officials who are advising the Iraqi judicial system….
The Iraqi investigation has confirmed long-standing Sunni fears that hospitals had been opened up as a hunting ground for Shiite militias intent on spreading fear among Sunnis and driving them out of the capital. Even before the case, Baghdad residents told of death threats against doctors who would treat Sunnis, of intravenous lines ripped from patients’ arms as they were carried away, and of relatives of hospitalized Sunnis who were killed when they came to visit.