Hidden Rooms in Iraq

Blood splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling and swords on the killing floor, the artifacts left a disturbing tale of brutalities inside a suspected al-Quaida in Iraq torture chamber. But there was yet another chilling fact outside the dirt floor dungeon. Villagers say they knew about the torment but were too intimidated by extremists to tell authorities until now. Stories such as these, claims of insurgent abuses and the silence of frightened Iraqis, have emerged with increasing frequency and clarity recently as U.S. led forces push deeper into former extremist places and forge alliances with tribes seeing to reclaim their regions.