Posted on 06/04/2005 10:33:08 AM PDT by freeperskickbutt
ASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Friday confirmed for the first time that a U.S. soldier deliberately kicked a Guantanamo Bay prisoner's Muslim holy book in violation of the military's rules for handling the Quran.
In other confirmed incidents, prison guards threw water balloons in a cell block, causing an unspecified number of Qurans to get wet; a guard's urine splashed on a detainee and his Quran; an interrogator stepped on a Quran during an interrogation; and a two-word obscenity was written in English on the inside cover of a Quran.
The findings are among the results of an investigation last month by Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, the commander of the detention center in Cuba, that was triggered by a Newsweek magazine report later retracted that a U.S. soldier had flushed one Guantanamo Bay detainee's Quran down a toilet.
The story stirred worldwide controversy and the Bush administration blamed it for deadly demonstrations in Afghanistan.
Last week, Hood disclosed that he had confirmed five cases of mishandling of the Quran, but he refused to provide details. Allegations of Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay have led to anti-American passions in many Muslim nations, although Pentagon officials have insisted that the problems were relatively minor and that U.S. commanders have gone to great lengths to enable detainees to practice their religion in captivity.
Hood said last week that he found no credible evidence that a Quran was ever flushed down a toilet. He said a prisoner who was reported to have complained to an FBI agent in 2002 that a military guard threw a Quran in the toilet has since told Hood's investigators that he never witnessed any form of Quran desecration.
when you acknowledge that it's wrong to jump on someone before you know who they are, you will be on the road to redemption. These folks jumped the gun and you have generalized the argument to all trolls. NOTE: that's a nuance that those of us who can read realize in your illogic. A person with a private poster file should know the value of information. Didn't your minders teach you that?
Pentagon Confirms Ban Incident at Zotmo
Posted by Republican Wildcat to bigsigh
On News/Activism 06/04/2005 12:42:56 PM PDT · 175 of 181
What are you doing hanging out with those of us below the 3rd grade reading level? Don't you have something else to do besides being associated with us riff-raff?
"when you acknowledge that it's wrong to jump on someone before you know who they are, you will be on the road to redemption."
When you figure out what a troll is, besides yourself of course, then you will be on the road to enlightenment.
"These folks jumped the gun and you have generalized the argument to all trolls."
Nope, you didn't even bother reading the guy's posts.
"NOTE: that's a nuance that those of us who can read realize in your illogic."
You've repeatedly failed to identify nuance in every post to you.
"A person with a private poster file should know the value of information."
LOL!
Information, which you have also failed to identify correctly in this thread.
"Didn't your minders teach you that?"
I'm not the one who has been sent to troll, I'm not the one who defends trolls.
Perhaps YOUR minders should be more careful who they send here to troll?
I am going to grab that and put it in the space I rest!
Thanks cake!
:-)
Funny, you said that finding nuance is a sign of intellect, and then you failed to find the nuance in Republican Wildcat's post.
I defer to your gatekeeper assignment to seek out trolls and intimidate every newbie in the meantime. And God forbid someone would post a thread you disagree with with no barf alert. A thread which was okay to run when posted by another poster. How do you breath with all the cement arounbd your head?
As much fun as you've been to try to teach, even Socrates would give up, you get the last word, so you can respond in any way you want. I won't even ping a moderator. Have fun!
You're still failing to find the nuance!
BTW I saw that nuance. It said you were below the 3rd grade reading level. Some nuance. Obvious on its face. Toodles and zot on pussycat.
Yeah, right.
The nuance of your post is this, "Yeah, I saw that, uh-huh. Yup! Honest!"
Not very convincing actually.
How about this: STOP DEFENDING TROLLS.
Yeah, innit amazing? Detainees squirt more personal bodily fluids than urine on their guards on PURPOSE, and somebody err...anawers back with a less personal bodily fluid and all we hear about is some backsplash.
The Bard, the master of the Farce, must be rolling over in his grave at this circus.
Does anyone think that we didn't slap around the Nazi's a bit when we interrigated them, if it meant saving American lives? The press wouldn't have reported it then. But today, whew boy! Idiots.
Our government is lying to us? It is a report from the Pentagon.
Thanks <G> That was a hard one for a newbie and I'm inordinately proud of it. Love that cat. Have him as the desktop BG on three computers. Shame I can't think of anything good to do with the "hairball" scene. You can't improve in perfection, I guess.
You're welcome! :-)
What have you done here, exactly? Should we spread some absorbent around?
All your NUANCE belong to us!!!
Yeah, there was a troll recently that was obsessed with 'nuance'.
Can't recall his handle offhand at the moment.
But his 'nuance' statement sounded mighty similar to BS' statement here.
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