"While the US government finds ways to avoid taking responsibility, Iraqis die - in particular, translators and those who have worked with the Americans. These are victims of death squads and targeted assassinations, as the New York Times's George Packer conveyed in his play Betrayed. In addition, this week US papers reported that the new Iraqi police and military forces were finding themselves abandoned by their US allies after suffering serious injuries, often on operations directed by US commanders."