Posted on 04/24/2009 6:42:50 PM PDT by GOPGuide
President Barack Obama is to release up to 2,000 photographs of alleged abuse at American prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan in a move which will reignite the scandal surrounding Abu Ghraib prison in 2004.
The decision to make public the images sought in a legal action by the American Civil Liberties Union comes amid a political firestorm over alleged torture of detainees under President George W. Bush.
Some of the photographs, which will be released before May 28, are said to show American service personnel humiliating prisoners, according to officials.
The images relate to more than 400 separate cases involving alleged prisoner abuse between 2001 and 2005.
Descriptions of some of the alleged abuse photographs include:
* A prisoner pushed up against a wall as military guards or interrogators appear to threaten to sexually assault him with a broomstick
* Female soldiers posing with hooded, shackled prisoners who were stripped naked
* Hooded prisoners on transport planes with Playboy magazines opened to pictures of nude women on their laps
The administration initially planned to release only the 21 photos sought by the ACLU, but General David Petraeus ordered that all 2,000 photographs be released to keep from "dragging this issue out forever".
The Pentagon fears a backlash in the Middle East similar to the one provoked by pictures from Abu Ghraib prison, near Baghdad, in 2004 which became emblematic of American mistakes in Iraq.
Amrit Singh, an ACLU lawyer, said that "these photographs provide visual proof that prisoner abuse by US personnel was not aberrational but widespread, reaching far beyond the walls of Abu Ghraib".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
2000 photographs... Obama really hates America.
Obama Akbar!
OMG ... the horror
The List, ping
Sounds like a lot of “Boo freaking hoo” pics.
Why is this needed?
It’s just going to stir up hate towards the vast majority of good military personnel.
If you had told any American patriot from past generations that America’s # 1 enemy would one day be its Commander in Chief, with strong support from various venal Seantors, they would have laughed in your face.
Yes there is ... TREASON
It’s a post-partisan era, and Obama is here to unite the country. [/s]
As Charles Krauthammer said, Obama is looking to “cross the Rubicon” — and from there only one of two things can happen.
i have to believe that what goes around, comes around. gonna suck to be 0 isn’t it?
He is a TRAITOR.
Make sure you substitute the obama symbol for the O in TRA
ITOR.
Why, why, why,.......
DO THE PICTURES EXIST?
Would it have been better if the the hooded prisoners had Playgirl magazines opened to pictures on nude men on their laps?
Partly, to distract from all of Obama’s failures as POTUS!
Why don’t the dumb bass turd just release them as a “coffee table book” and then sell the books? He could at least make some of that 10 trillion dollars back for the taxpayers. Morons who don’t understand capitalism really piss me off. This is a shot at some big bucks for the government.
I don’t think I will be able to bear it if prisoners are forced to wear ladies panties on their head.
able and ready..which state leaves first? And who all is ready to go?
Im sure the families of 9/11 victims will appreciate it.
What a vindictive, meddling, petty bitch he's turning out to be.
He is going for world wide reaction to get the UN, with the US’ help, to prosecute Bush and Cheney.
I would rather simply kick DC out of the Union.
Looks like alot of humilating photos that will make me smile because I know our men and women have a sense of humor, and we probalby know these are all staged photos, not intentionally harming anyone, except limp-wristed liberal do-gooders trying to prove their free-love flowery view of an unatainable world.
Why is this needed?
It’s just going to stir up hate towards the vast majority of good military personnel.
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That’s Zero’s point......as well as demoralization.
Exactly. Its going to endanger our troops everywhere. Obama has just made an enemy of almost every single military person out there. I’m telling you, he is putting us on a path to civil war, and purposely so.
Probably. There’s no way Playboy models would screw those ugly ass Muslims.
Now Perez Hilton? That’s another story.
Like this?
TRAITØR
He should be tried for treason and hanged.
I don’t think I will be able to bear it if prisoners are forced to wear ladies panties on their head.
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Good lawd. That’s a ‘regular Saturday night at the frat house’! Geesh!
Heard a caller to a radio program yesterday just chuckle. Said he thought it sounded like high school stuff.
Obama wants to demoralize our military; defang the CIA; destroy the Special Forces; and cause chaos and turmoil in our country so that he can declare martial law and declare himself President for Life.
It couldn’t be any clearer.
I hope he knows what karma is, because he’s setting the standard for his butt in a sling when a Republican becomes President.
Yep. This is nothing but an attempt to reverse the negativity of the right-wing conspiracy of the past few months by diverting our attention to the “horrible days of the Bush regime”.
WOW..... that’s all I can say anymore...
EXACTLY. We have to figure out what will be expected to happen around May 28. What’s on the schedule for that date or either right before or right after. Why is it significant? Anyone?
Don’t forget diverting the populous away from the economy too.
Unfortunately you hit the nail on the head.
Alas, you are mistaken. The ball-less wonders in the GOP will do nothing.
military & civilian personnel
embassy personnel
agents in the field
American businessmen/women
Aid personnel
missionaries
travelers
None dare call it treason.
http://www.amazon.com/None-Dare-Call-Treason-Stormer/dp/0899667252?tag=dogpile-20
“As Charles Krauthammer said, Obama is looking to “cross the Rubicon” — and from there only one of two things can happen”
Please say downing is one of them...please, please, please.
I predict that Texas will be the first to secede. Followed by Idaho.
Zeeero Coop’n
This man is horrifying.
I want him to pay a visit to the troops shortly after he has these photos released. I have no doubt they will loathe him even more - if that is possible.
How has America strayed so far as to put this traitor into office.....I pray the next four years goes by quickly and that all is not beyond repair.
I can only assume that they exist, because my son asked me if I had seen them two days ago. I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Kind of. What about that image they put on the plane in the shape of an O?
I can only assume that they exist, because my son asked me if I had seen them two days ago. I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Yes,there is.It is TREASON!!!!!
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