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Comparing Iraq to the US is nonsense. There's a state of virtual anarchy in some (small) parts of the Iraq, where local strongmen are pretty much trying to topple the current government. In such a situation, you need a strong response in order to quell the unrest. Civil rights are a nice concept, but it's much more important to get a stable, safe society; more attention to civil rights will come later.
I know some civil rights activists will call such an attitude inhumane or evil, but what's the point of having civil rights if your society isn't even safe? What's the point of having freedom of speech if a local criminal will kill you for speaking out? What good will freedom of religion do, if local clerics call for the murder of anyone not believing what they say? Only if people feel safe enough to practice those rights will Iraq be able to move forward.
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