Posted on 04/03/2006 8:13:43 AM PDT by doug from upland
Whoops. The peanut butter torture was at Guantanamo.
--- Of course, countless abuses have been committed against war prisoners throughout the ages - no one denies that. But, while not downplaying their suffering, it must be admitted that even the most unfortunate of these victims can only breathe a sigh of relief that he was not subject to what Mr. Abbasi was forced to endure when he:
had his peanut butter eaten by a guard "right in front of him".
One needn't be a bleeding heart to shudder at the inhumanity thus displayed.
http://dailyablution.blogs.com/the_daily_ablution/2006/03/guantanamo_tort.html
After seeing Padilla's photo, someone surmised that he looked at lot like the sketch of John Doe 2. Totally bogus. There is loads of eye witness testimony, however, about Hussain Al-Hussaini. Unfortunately, it has been kept from the public.
I exposed three or four years ago that food service trucks were able to get onto the airport without going through security. Who knows what they were loading onto the plane.
I'm sorry; I've seen so many people who absolutely belittle any possible connection that I'm suspicious.
You've done an admirable summary and I thank you for it.
Personally, I think that although Padilla looks like John Doe #2, there is too much compelling evidence that it was Al-Husseini.
ROFL. Thanks for that info; I hadn't heard about the peanut at any location and think that's absolutely hilarious and just further evidence that we've lost our collective minds in this country.
And Ashcroft was sure in a hurry to stick McVeigh with the needle.
Best case scenario is they covered it up for "good" reasons.
After 9-11, it had to remain covered.
See #237 for my analysis of why this administration covered it up. Clinton's reasons are self evident; it was far too much fun for him to blame Rush Limbaugh and "hate radio".
The FBI covered up the crater from the truck bomb with eight sheets of plywood (a 16-foot square) to -- according to FBI's OKC SAIC, Danny Defenbaugh --"protect evidence that was water-soluble".
Where's the coverup?
How's that for starters on a literal "cover-up"?
Yes, Peach, I have her book next to my bed. It is very eye-opening, to say the least. Victor Mordecai also talks in his books about the ME connection to the OKC bombing and TWA Flight 800.
This has definitely gone beyond the bounds of "Reynolds Wrap". To think that our government just rolled over on this--and continues to while we have these savages stalking us, waiting for the right moment to strike again-- makes me sick.
I didn't know that. (Or if I did, I'd forgotten). The FBI used to be good at its job but have gotten so sloppy in the last 10-20 years that I have zero faith in their ability.
Did you know that Mueller refuses to say the words terrorism and Middle Eastern extremists in the same sentence? He's a Muslim sympathizer, imo.
I'll go with that PLUS the "We didn't want to create a panic and show we were vulnerable in the heartland".
I never heard of Victor Mordecai; I'll have to google him after "24" which starts here in a few minutes.
Yup. That's what it will take. And even then, in the current climate, I'm not sure people still won't be pointing fingers instead of getting down to business.
Definitely. The political protection was just for starters. The Congressional anti-terrorism specialist (Bodansky) told Congress before the blast that the ME was planning a terrorist attack in the heartland and would use lily whites; law enforcement didn't do a thing to beef up security as far I've ever been able to tell.
What's it going to take? A city or port a smoking ruin, that's what. If the WTC attack didn't do it for the public, something worse will, and someting worse is coming. Make book on it.
P.S.: Shows you there's more good sense here on FR than the entire MSM. They are, if anything, more clueless, lazy, PC, self-serving, and gutless than many in gov.
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