President Bush today, one year on from "victory":

"A year ago I did give the speech from the carrier saying we had achieved an important objective, accomplished a mission, which was the removal of Saddam Hussein," Bush said. "As a result, there are no longer torture chambers or mass graves or rape rooms in Iraq."

At least not ones for which the US military is not responsible. Don't know about you, but I think having wires attached to the genitals might just count as torture.

FYI, concerning the end of major combat operations declared by George this time last year, the US Department of Defence and family members have identified 718 U.S. servicemembers who died supporting U.S.-led operations in Iraq. Of these, 580 (more than 80 per cent) died since May 1 2003.