> US war crimes : how troops tortured Iraqi prisoners
5 May 2004, 09:12
oh sure... like the seymour hersh article is the holy grail....
torture? i believe there was some torture going on as described in the investigatory report - which is amazing (and parts classified!), though not on the level (in most cases) of what is commonly considered as such, excepting the beatings and sodomization and the apparent death of a prisoner. even worse is the fact that over 26 prisoners escaped (hopefully some weren’t ’escaped’ on purpose.
the report details a horrible, poorly-led MP command, and general whatever her name was is probably the most sorry general i have ever seen or heard of in the US Army. there is no excuse for the mp’s behavior. if asked to do something like that, they should have refused - as others did. one of the prisoners shown in the human pile even mentioned that his interrogator asked for descriptions of the people who abused him (thank God).
now we have at least some of the individuals who are up on charges (criminal charges) trying to save their asses by (1) leaking the photos? (2) pointing the finger at everyone but themselves. so embarrassing.
i’m glad bush is going to apologize to the arab/islamic audience on al-arabiya. BG Janice Lapinski should be imprisioned... even one of her commanders under her said it was his fault, his "mp’s should have known better". disgusting.
oh sure... like the seymour hersh article is the holy grail....
torture? i believe there was some torture going on as described in the investigatory report - which is amazing (and parts classified!), though not on the level (in most cases) of what is commonly considered as such, excepting the beatings and sodomization and the apparent death of a prisoner. even worse is the fact that over 26 prisoners escaped (hopefully some weren’t ’escaped’ on purpose.
the report details a horrible, poorly-led MP command, and general whatever her name was is probably the most sorry general i have ever seen or heard of in the US Army. there is no excuse for the mp’s behavior. if asked to do something like that, they should have refused - as others did. one of the prisoners shown in the human pile even mentioned that his interrogator asked for descriptions of the people who abused him (thank God).
now we have at least some of the individuals who are up on charges (criminal charges) trying to save their asses by (1) leaking the photos? (2) pointing the finger at everyone but themselves. so embarrassing.
i’m glad bush is going to apologize to the arab/islamic audience on al-arabiya. BG Janice Lapinski should be imprisioned... even one of her commanders under her said it was his fault, his "mp’s should have known better". disgusting.