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Australian troops held Taliban suspects in dog pen (Muslims appalled by inhumane treatment)
Associated Press ^ | September 2, 2008 | KRISTEN GELINEAU

Posted on 09/03/2008 5:01:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

SYDNEY, Australia - Australian special forces in Afghanistan detained four suspected Taliban militants captured in April in pens sometimes used to hold dogs, the defense minister said Tuesday.

Many Muslims consider dogs impure and the head of Australia's main Islamic group strongly criticized the actions of the special forces. Afghanistan's ambassador to Australia Amanullah Jayhoon said the reports were troubling but stopped short of criticizing the soldiers.

Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon defended the special forces, saying the detainees arrested on April 29 were held in the most secure place available before they were transported to a detention center in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan province. He confirmed the four suspected insurgents were held for 24 hours in a compound occasionally used to house dogs.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; aussietroops; enemycombatant; gonetothedogs; islam; mohammedanism; muslims; taliban
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1 posted on 09/03/2008 5:01:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ah, the poor moosies. At least they weren’t beheaded and dragged through the streets.


2 posted on 09/03/2008 5:06:48 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How about a little head chopping instead.


3 posted on 09/03/2008 5:07:08 PM PDT by boomop1
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Gosh. Did the big, bad special forces men humiliate the Muslims?

They behead us. I'm fed up with the moral equivalence of so many.

Underwear on their heads? The Left in this country thinks that's torture.

McCain/Palin. Now.

4 posted on 09/03/2008 5:07:13 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They should have held them in a pig sty.


5 posted on 09/03/2008 5:07:48 PM PDT by saganite (Obama is a political STD)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good - they should put all the Taliban they catch in dog kennels. LOVE IT!


6 posted on 09/03/2008 5:07:55 PM PDT by FarRightFanatic (If we don't stand up NOW for who we are as a nation, we will pass a New Europe on to our children.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

LOL. That’s a lot better than they did some NVA troops I saw.


7 posted on 09/03/2008 5:08:04 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Lord, I'll give to the poor when they stop wanting to be poor.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Give them the same treatment they gave their women, like pull fingernails out with pliers.


8 posted on 09/03/2008 5:10:21 PM PDT by Clock King (Under revision...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Don’t take any prisoners. Problem solved.


10 posted on 09/03/2008 5:11:50 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why ruin a perfectly good dog kennel?


11 posted on 09/03/2008 5:15:15 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (By Obama's own reckoning, isn't Lyndon LaRouche more qualified?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s terrible — unless the dog pens were thoroughly disinfected, hosed down and sprinkled with holy water afterwords.


13 posted on 09/03/2008 5:20:23 PM PDT by fullchroma
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I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant!

15 posted on 09/03/2008 5:21:23 PM PDT by csvset
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To: R. Scott

Hope they got to eat the left over dog food.


18 posted on 09/03/2008 5:29:46 PM PDT by blueheron2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A pig pen is too good for them.


19 posted on 09/03/2008 5:36:35 PM PDT by appeal2 (Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but great stupidity is reserved for the Gov't)
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To: R. Scott

took the words out of my mouth


20 posted on 09/03/2008 5:39:00 PM PDT by machogirl
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