Death Squads Behind Spike in Iraq Killings

When did the death squads start?

Was it while Negroponte was in Iraq?

I seem to remember that he knows quite a bit about death squads, especially when it comes to looking the other way

ABC News: Death Squads Behind Spike in Iraq Killings:

Sept. 1, 2006 - Sectarian violence in Iraq has become the 'core conflict' in Iraq and has created a security situation American military commanders believe is more complex than any they have faced at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a sober Pentagon report released today says.

Death squads, both Shiite and Sunni, 'locked in mutually reinforcing cycles of sectarian strife,' have been the cause of most of the rise in violence, according to the the most recent of the congressionally mandated reports that are released every three months and provide the Pentagon's assessment of the ongoing situation in Iraq.

'It's a pretty sober report this time, the last quarter has been rough,' Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman said.
He noted that the spikes in violence and its sectarian focus are 'particularly acute and disturbing.'