US Troops Cleared of 'Abusing' Reporters

Newsday ^ | May 20, 2004 | Estes Thompson

[sathers]

Army paratroopers accused of beating, taunting and humiliating jounralists detained in Iraq have been given a refresher course on proper handling of detainees, even though an investigation cleared them of abuse, a spokesman said Thursday.

Reuters said three Iraqis working for the news agency were physically abused and forced to put shoes in their mouths during their January 2-5 detention at a military camp.

The news agency decided to make the incident public when the US Military said there was no evidence of abuse after news broke about the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prision in Baghdad.

Division spokesman Major Jimmie Cummmings said 82nd Airborne Division commanders 'reinforced the soldiers proper handing of prisoners.'

'Our investigation found no abuse of any kind,' Cummings said. 'This is a closed case.'

[sathers]

Oh the mock journalistic horrors, no free buffets or room service!

[dead]

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your shoe!?!?

[sathers]

Reuters is deeply shocked and saddened by this report.

[Thane_Banquo]

Journalists lying?! NO WAY!

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[cake_crumb]

"Jounralists"?? The "jounralist" who wrote this must have been to busy spinning the "Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal" angle to bother spell checking.

[Thane_Banquo]

The media has realized that they are seen as the final arbiters of what is true and what is a lie. So they can make any claim they want, and it will be considered true, even if they made it up out of thin air.

[Cyber Liberty]

Shoe?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, at least we can still verbally abuse journalists...

Chad "Sole Man" Fairbanks

[Mo1]

Reuters said three Iraqis working for the news agency were physically abused and forced to put shoes in their mouths during their January 2-5 detention at a military camp.

Ummm Reuters also told us the military bombing a wedding

That turned out to be false

[Mo1]

LOL!

[No Blue States]

lol!

We dont need no thought control.

[sathers]

That must have been one smelly sneaker!

A direct violation of Geneva Convention law requiring Odor Eaters! (sarcasm off)

[george wythe]

Reuters lied, BBC lied, and the leftist rags printed the lies.

[danneskjold]

Army paratroopers accused of beating, taunting and humiliating jounralists (sic) detained in Iraq have been given a refresher course on proper handling of detainees, even though an investigation cleared them of abuse, a spokesman said Thursday.

A refresher course...that'll teach those paratroopers...

[steplock]

"... on proper handling of detainees ..."

After all these lies? There may not be any detainees.

[danneskjold]

Well, at least we can still verbally abuse journalists...

I'm looking for the "panties on the head" look to be all the rage on European runways in a few years...

[R. Scott]

I encountered a bunch (Cronkite’s bunch) I would have liked to have “abused”.

[cake_crumb]

Thank heaven it wasn't women's undies. Now THAT'S abuse!

[sathers]

Or female hygene products and dog collars! The men from Rueters would have never been able to perform their jobs again..