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.
LOL!
Yeah, that does get amusing at times to see.
*ugh*
What is the repeated copying and pasting of a prior message of mine supposed to prove? Is your ability to use that function on your computer supposed to convince us of your "intellect"?
B it proves you keep fighting no matter how hard the smack down.
C it proves you're lonely and have nothing else to do.and E all of the above.
"well it proves A that when you ask questions you don't remember your previous post."
No, it proves you failed to see the nuance and irony of the post as it referred to a prior post of your own.
"B it proves you keep fighting no matter how hard the smack down. "
No, it proves that you should be taking your own words to heart since the hard smackdown was administered upon you.
"C it proves you're lonely and have nothing else to do.and E all of the above."
Well, since you defend trolls and look for nuance like John Kerry, it must be pretty lonely for you.
LOL - I can't believe you said that in your response, especially considering my post is sarcasm directed at a post you made on another thread attacking the moderators and those who participate in zot threads as being "below the third grade reading level." You said this in response to someone asking "Where's the Barf Alert?" on a thread. I responded to you and said you were due for your 7th banning. Is it coming back to you now?
In addition, I already explained this to you once on this thread - so not remembering things isn't my problem.
I remember that of course. Not my fault you didn't make your own connection to what you'd posted.
Little Burp has struck again!!!!
Hey PARSEon, we've moved on to another thread if you want to continue the fun and games.
Obviously not.
Not my fault you didn't make your own connection to what you'd posted.
Why do you insist on making yourself look ridiculous?
Giev it up.
You obviously cannot keep track of what you said here, so why confuse you further?
He thinks it makes him look nuanced and intellectual.
Either that or he simply gets off on defending trolls.
Is it? Did it lie only when it released information that you didn't want to hear, that didn't fit into what you already believed, or did it lie when it released information that you DID want to hear?
That is a possibility.
Never saw someone defend trolls as badly as he does.
Or with as much energy either.
Those I've seen that tried were usually trolls themselves.
Especially when they go into a thread post zot to defend the troll.
One way to get someone to stop replying is to stop pinging them. Or ignore them as you lied about doing yesterday.
I geiv at the office.
stop projecting
I typo therefor I exist.
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