TROOPS 'SWAPPED HUNDREDS OF ABUSE PICTURES'

Drudge Report ^ | 5/2/04 | Matt Drudge

[CindyDawg]

Did you not see that I said they shouldn't. I just said I could understand if they did . I don't think it happened though. Just too convenient, all this stuff coming out at once. I think someone overplayed their hand.

[af_vet_1981]

I don't understand why they took these pictures. I don't understand their evil delight in abuse. My policy would be to simply medicate these folks and take their information, not to degrade and humiliate them.

[Squantos]

We're better that these animals and "if" this did occur it was limited to very few individuals. POW's are handled in a very hard and firm manner with security and intelligence gathering being a priority. Stripped naked , flex cuffs, sandbag over the head is SOP. Was for my three conflicts where I either searched the enemy or witnessed their processing. When we transported "cuban construction" workers to Mexico City we flew with the ramp down and all crew harnessed in. If the POW's tried to escape or commandeer the AC the plan was to climb straight up and dump em into the gulf. No seats or seat belts for nice cuban contractors.......:o)

They could swim home.

In Panama and Desert Storm we used glass tape and duct tape w/ a sand bag. A long piece of 550 cord was half hitched around the crown jewels to ensure they didn't run off in different directions...............very far.

Guess these folks would'nt like to hear about a long double half hitch of 40 grain per foot det cord daisy chained over a few dozen VC's necks with a dual primed M60 on one inch of time fuse and NE caps in their lone escorts grasp..........

War ain't pretty. It really ain't pretty if yer captured and losin.

Stay Safe !

[CindyDawg]

Not sure if I ticked you off too. Sorry guys.

[MrsPatriot]

I wonder how coalition prisoners, Matt Maupin and others, are being treated?

[bluefish]

Interesting that all this is coming out at about the same time that the corrupt "Food for Oil" UN scandal of the century was starting to gain serious traction. There is huge money in all this. It isn't just opposing political philophy or religion. Many powerful people are poised to be very embarrassed. This whole story could very well be just one of the pawns in a huge chess game.

[wagglebee]

Many powerful people are poised to be very embarrassed.

Actually, they should go to prison and it should start with Annan, Chirac and Clinton.

[Balding_Eagle]

All militant Islamics confronted in battle, should be destroyed....

Clean, neat and final...

Agreed. I've often expressed my gratitude about those soldiers who just killed 'em in the field.

[Reactionary]

My guess is they were fabricated by the KLA.

[FITZ]

You know, I know this sounds bad but I'm really not upset if some of our guys roughed these terrorists up.

Considering it's Saddam's thugs they supposedly did this to --- although nothing seems very certain about that --- it's hard to do a whole lot of handwringing about it. The Iraqi army killed it's own citizens, the kinds of abuses the Kurds, Shiites, and Iranians suffered at their hands makes you not cry too hard for them being mocked.

[river rat]

"Guess these folks would'nt like to hear about a long double half hitch of 40 grain per foot det cord daisy chained over a few dozen VC's necks with a dual primed M60 on one inch of time fuse and NE caps in their lone escorts grasp..........

You da man!....You fuse lighters are a blast!
On the other hand, I ain't talkin....
Our Gunny was very selective about POWs....he didn't want any...

Did I ever tell you about the time we asked our EOD to clear an emergency LZ to allow a MediVac in to get some Marines in bad shape...

The kid, using only cord and small plastic charges - with one BLAST - cleared a fine LZ. But it damned near blinded everyone nearby, when the chopper came in and sent 10 billion splinters flying in every direction!!!!

Our single Corpsman was busy for HOURS, pulling splinters out of the strangest spots.....and by the way, NO Purple Hearts......

Semper Fi

[Mo1]

Sources close to the regiment claimed the rifle, hats and truck seen in the pictures did not match those issued to men in Iraq, and queried why there was no sign of sweat, dirt or injuries on the body of the victim of the alleged assault.

What's your take??

This story gets odder and odder

[luvbach1]

"...iraqi pow's are terrorists now, too?

The people captured since the fall of Baghdad and Saddam are not from intact Iraqi units, and thus deserving of standard POW status. These units were decimated or dispersed in the first weeks of the war. Some joined the terrorist bands carrying out terrorist attacks against Iraqis an Americans alike. So many of the so-called POWs undoubtedly are terrorists.

[Squantos]

I'm happy knowing just the right amount of C-4 to stuff up a bulls ass to blow his horns off without making his eyes water...........:o)

Still trying to learn to juggle though..........Stay safe !

[MEG33]

It's what separates us from the terrorists,sadistic Saddamites and those who would poison little girls to keep them from school.There are always going matters of police brutality and tempers exploding over one's dead comrades.If one is trying to save lives,psychological stress is warranted.Physical torture is not allowed .

It is hopefully kept to a minimum.Strip searching is not abuse.It is a life saver.It is odd that the Brit pictures don't seem authentic to the area they were taken or the uniform,etc. is questioned.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Churchill's quote on the three traditions of the Royal Navy: "rum, buggery, and the lash".

Wasn't Churchill an Army guy? Should he be believed?

[CindyDawg]

Isn't it strange how the women are posting like this but the guys upset. I would have thought it would be right the opposite.
I guess it's because I have 2 in the navy. I don't even want to think about how these killers would treat them if they were ever in that situation and then I think of the moms of these young people that have been injured or killed and I think, so, my heart isn't going to bleed for these "thugs"

[skr]

However I do wonder how much of this is true. Could the photos have been staged, then shown to the other prisoners as examples of "what will happen" if they don't talk?

Something worth considering. Otherwise, why have photos at all? How do we know those are Iraqis under those hoods?

[not2worry]

Didn't tick me off. Thanks for serving our Country.

Your right War is not Pretty. It's very easy for everyone to be quarterback generals. Wonder how Saddam is being treated? Probably will be a request to send him to the Qatar Ritz Carlton until his trial.

Maybe another more humane option would be to send all the guys to Michael Jackson's Neverland. The Nation of Islam wold probably welcome them with open arms and Mikey could make the boys feel right at home.

Excuse the sarcasm.

Las Thought: I wonder if this could be something started by Larry Flint. He did predict some incriminating evidence would soon be coming out to disgrace President Bush.