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New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge
Washington Post ^ | Friday, May 21, 2004; Page A01 | Scott Higham and Joe Stephens

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ancienthistory; detainee; iraq; iraqipow; torture; wot
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To: Ghengis

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.


101 posted on 05/22/2004 5:52:36 AM PDT by Michael121 (An old soldier knows truth. Only a Dead Soldier knows peace.)
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To: Ghengis

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.


102 posted on 05/22/2004 5:52:52 AM PDT by Michael121 (An old soldier knows truth. Only a Dead Soldier knows peace.)
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To: TexKat

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.


103 posted on 05/22/2004 9:48:04 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Liberal lips sink ships-our own!)
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To: Ronzo

That is one of the smartest things to do that I have heard lately. I wish I had that power over my wife.


104 posted on 05/22/2004 9:59:02 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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To: timydnuc

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.


105 posted on 05/23/2004 8:40:47 AM PDT by jjm2111 (This space intentionally left blank.)
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