Posted on 06/18/2008 5:49:31 PM PDT by The_Republican
WASHINGTON — The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account.
The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that U.S. personnel tortured and abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings, electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices.
"After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes," Taguba wrote. "The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
Taguba, whose 2004 investigation documented chilling abuses at Abu Ghraib, is thought to be the most senior official to have accused the administration of war crimes. "The commander in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture," he wrote.
A White House spokeswoman, Kate Starr, had no comment.
Taguba didn't respond to a request for further comment relayed via a spokesman.
The group Physicians for Human Rights, which compiled the new report, described it as the most in-depth medical and psychological examination of former detainees to date.
Doctors and mental health experts examined 11 detainees held for long periods in the prison system that President Bush established after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. All of them eventually were released without charges.
The doctors and experts determined that the men had been subject to cruelties that ranged from isolation, sleep deprivation and hooding to electric shocks, beating and, in one case, being forced to drink urine.
Bush has said repeatedly that the United States doesn't condone torture.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Taguba can shove a tuba up his rear end.
But, of course, General Taguba may be somewhat biased.
(Remember when, under the Clinton regime, we had a guy named Togo who was Secretary of the Army?)
Calling the ghost of General George S. Patton: Slap this idiot.
My local paper is using the McClatchy report for a series of moronic articles meant to promote sympathy for Islamists.
Patton would have had him shot.
Gen. Booboo, I am safe thanks to the men and women who guard our country. Too bad a few eggs had to be broken to make the omolette.
Patton would have had him shot.
Well I wonder is Bush has any regrets about coming to Washinton and setting the new tone.
He reached across the ailse and abandoned conservatives and what good has it served him? Nada, zip, nothing.
His socialist pals still hate him.
Well if they investigate he can resign just after pardoning everyone and Cheany can then pardon him.
Someone needs to post that “Not this s##t again” picture.
I am so sick of hearing about Abu-Grabass.
Another Clinton era traitor-turd floats to the top of the punch bowl.
2/25/2008
The Clinton Campaign Today Proudly Announced the Endorsement of Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba (ret.).
In announcing his endorsement today, General Taguba said, “Senator Clinton’s unequivocal opposition to the use of torture under any circumstances, and her willingness to take a stand for what she believes in is exactly the sort of courage and moral strength that we need in our leaders. I know that, as President, Senator Clinton will hold America to the high moral standards that have made us a leader among nations.”
Doctors and mental health experts examined 11 detainees held for long periods in the prison system that President Bush established after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. All of them eventually were released without charges.
The doctors and experts determined that the men had been subject to cruelties that ranged from isolation, sleep deprivation and hooding to electric shocks, beating and, in one case, being forced to drink urine.
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Wow! Somebody find these doctors and experts. Their extraordinary talents could be used to cure so many diseases and disorders since they are even able to determine unequivocally that prisoners were subjected to this list of mistreatments even though these physicians examined the patients after their release.
Perhaps this retired military guy is angling of SecDef under Obama.
angling of = angling for
Look, it might be true, but it's not like a doctor determines that a guy had sleep deprivation or was forced to drink urine. That is simply the testimony of the former inmates, as stated to the doctors.
Translation: "Mr Obammunist, I want a cabinet appointment!"
What is going on is obviously a coordinated propaganda campaign.
They tried the deomization of the military last time around and the criminalization of the Bush administration for trying to fight this thing we face. Here they come again.
We are plagued with the generals who survived the Clinton purges and have not yet retired.We still have the damaging remnants of the Clinton military. Think what would be left after 4 years of CinC Hussein.
So, I assume he's got a book coming out soon?
Meaningless mewings from a “political” General who is a Clinton boot-licker.
That said, even if what this suck-up says is true, I DON’T CARE. These scum were non-uniformed combatants and thus have no protection or status under international law beyond that of “spy” or “terrorist.” THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS to life or anything else and could have been (rather should have been) shot in the head upon capture, with restraint shown only because they might have intel value.
I thought this study was done by a left wing group, and that it was based on only a tiny sample of prisoners.
If he feels so badly, he should do he right thing and kill himself.
Ah, but you disregard their incredibly detailed methodology. :)
Just another foreigner.
The pajama muhadeen needs to look into this Physicians for Human Rights group.
Here is another of their anti American, anti US military pronouncements. Based in Massachusetts - surprise, surprise.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032747/posts
Thank you, Airborne!!!
Barry Osamma secretary of war!
So? Only terrorists and suspected terrorists were tortured. Big deal. I am glad Bush had the courage to authorize force on terrorists.
What does Togo West have to do with Taguba?
Gee. What could I have been thinking? It must be that both names begin with 'T' and both men had something to do with furthering a Democrat agenda: one while working for the Clinton Duo and the other a Democrat mole awaiting the opportunity that was handed him by a feckless Republican administration to chop away at their credibility.
Additionally, being an American born and raised, I find it incongruous to have had a secretary of the army whose first name is Togo.
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General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimesTaguba, whose 2004 investigation documented chilling abuses at Abu Ghraib, is thought to be the most senior official to have accused the administration of war crimes. "The commander in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture," he wrote.
This is complete bull.
I read his entire 53 Page Investigation Report and NOWHERE are any "Bush officials" even mentioned. The entire report pertains only to military personnel in the chain of command or civilian contractors (interrogators) who where at or involved with Abu Ghraib during the (cough) abuse scandal.
So if he's spouting off now, I say he's looking for a job in a Obama administration. Oh, almost forgot a minor point: nowhere in his 53 page report are the words "War Crime" even mentioned.
Ah, but you disregard their incredibly detailed methodology. :)
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Yes, you are right. How careless of me to overlook the time honored exaggeration tests.
Someone like this who displays such a piss poor understanding of what’s at stake here and why we do what we do (which doesn’t go far enough) is a disgrace to the uniform and should not be called a General.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_D._West,_Jr.
Togo West was American born and raised just like you.
Taguba is an American citizen.
Taguba laid the blame squarely at the feet of Brigadier General Karpinski and elements of the 800th MP Brigade. This guy is job or book deal hunting.
Yep, that's what he did.
So it was like riding the "L" in Chicago?
He may have been American born, but he wasn’t raised just like me.
How do people like that get to be generals?
Same way people like Klintons get to be Co-Presidents.
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