Jailed Iraqi children run free as Marines roll into Baghdad suburbs

Agence France-Presse ^ | April 8, 2003

[Lady In Blue]

Did you see this?!

[JoeSchem]

This is the most disgusting thing I have ever read. The pro-Saddam left should be held accountable for their tacit support of this ruthless dictator.

First Michael Moore wants to take away our guns, now he wants to jail children . . . .

[TLBSHOW]

BUMP

[Nachum]

Where is Mike Farrell now? Where is Martin Sheen?

[Lady In Blue]

I couldn't agree with you more!

[mdittmar]

"Since the morning, nine o'clock, they have been looting. They are stealing weapons and I took three doors," he said.

Which three?.

[SauronOfMordor]

Every block, every neighborhood has a 'watcher' who would turn you in, kill your child, maim your parent, rape, murder, torture......who would dare speak out?

The "watchers" must be desperately trying to leave Iraq now, because they know their lives won't be worth a fart in the very near future. The people must have some idea as to who the "watchers" are.

[SauronOfMordor]

Why were kids put in prison? So they could be abused by adults?

So they could be transformed by prison life into feral psychopaths -- Sadaam was looking ahead to the time when he would need a next-generation of thugs and enforcers

[glory]

Scott Ritter has absolutely no moral compass whatsoever. What a disgusting, depraved jacka$$.

May God now bless those children and their families. Poor kids--perhaps the first skim off the top of those oil wells should go to help these families and their kids live comfortably!

[sweetliberty]

"I took three doors"

THAT struck me funny! LOL!

[sweetliberty]

"I don't mind if the civilians turn their weapons on their oppressors. They know who the bad guys are."

I think the concern is that WE don't always know who is who.

[sweetliberty]

Have you seen this?

[TheLion]

This was linked in situation room before being posted on FR. Can't believe it hasn't got more coverage.

[TLBSHOW]

bttt

another bump to the top! right up to the election 2004

[sweetliberty]

"Either they really ARE "for the children" or the editors missed it "

Or they're doing some serious backpedaling because they are worried that we are going to find out just how deeply "embedded" France was with Saddam and they're trying to cover their butts now.

.

[thepitts]

Here you guys go - another example of us evil neocons infringing on the freedom of dictators to imprison children. Read it, look at the pictures. Wallow in what kind of people you support and enable.

For someone that seems to be reasonably intelligent and somewhat well educated, you aren't very bright.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

From the Time article:

Did you write a report, at the time you were doing inspections in Votkinsk in the Soviet Union in 1988 that said the group your wife worked for was full of spies?

No. I indicated that given past models of Soviet penetration techniques that these young girls, of which my wife was one, who were brought in by the Soviets to carry out translation services had been used in the past to attempt sexual compromise. I subsequently wrote a series of reports that said this did not appear to be the case in Votkinsk. In fact, because of the human intelligence work I did in the Soviet Union I was able to ascertain that the girls were actually dissatisfied with the Soviets. They showed a tendency to speak out against the KGB to the U.S. inspectors.

I suspect the reason for Ritter's sudden aboutface was that he was in fact compromised by the Soviets through these women and maybe even his wife. With Saddam giving him $400,000 and the Soviets (now Russia) having compromising videos, it is easy to see how Scotty may have had a change of heart.

[SuziQ]

But his friend, Abdul Amir Jaffa, said he did not resent the Americans despite the shooting.

Uh, oh! This is likely to get the NPR folks's knickers in a twist!