Posted on 05/21/2004 6:32:17 AM PDT by jjm2111
Previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in raw detail abuse that goes well beyond what has been made public, adding allegations of prisoners being ridden like animals, sexually fondled by female soldiers and forced to retrieve their food from toilets.
The fresh allegations of prison abuse are contained in statements taken from 13 detainees shortly after a soldier reported the incidents to military investigators in mid-January. The detainees said they were savagely beaten and repeatedly humiliated sexually by American soldiers working on the night shift at Tier 1A in Abu Ghraib during the holy month of Ramadan, according to copies of the statements obtained by The Washington Post.
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The media HAS the Videos of Saddam's prison abuses including tossing a guy off the roof of the prison. Cutting off fingers and such.
But the media is keeping these under wraps for "our own good"
Hannity just pointed it out yesterday.
The media HAS the Videos of Saddam's prison abuses including tossing a guy off the roof of the prison. Cutting off fingers and such.
But the media is keeping these under wraps for "our own good"
Hannity just pointed it out yesterday.
How do we know that is an Iraqi under that hood? It could just as easily be Robert Byrd performing some kind of KKK ritual.
That is one of the smartest things to do that I have heard lately. I wish I had that power over my wife.
Good rant dude. I can't stand what the papers are doing. I think though, we have one advantage over the Vietnam era. The alternative media like Rush, Fox News, blogs, and FR counters the liberal propaganda spewed out by CBSNBCABCCNNNPRNYTWPTLAT, etc.
I'm sorry you were treated like dogshit when you got back from nam. I'm heading over there (the ME) in July, so say some prayers.
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