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Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Probed
60 Minutes II has obtained photographs of what was happening in Abu Ghraib. The photos show American soldiers mistreating Iraqi prisoners.

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One of the soldiers who is now facing court martial, Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick, described to Rather what he saw in the Iraqi prison.

"We had no support, no training whatsoever, and I kept asking my chain of command for certain things, rules and regulations, and it just wasn’t happening," he said.

Frederick is charged with maltreatment, assault and indecent acts for posing for a photograph while sitting on top of a detainee, striking detainees and ordering detainees to strike each other, among other things.

How did this become so public?

Frederick wrote home to his family about the treatment of prisoners. He said in an e-mail: "We helped getting them to talk with the way we handle them. We’ve had a very high rate with our styles of getting them to break; they usually end up breaking within hours."

How did this become so public? Did they get information that later saved lives?

I may be crude an uncivilized, but these animals prisoners captured by the military tortured and murdered before and after Saddam. Sat on someones head? Convinced someone that the wires attached to his hands were electric, but weren’t? Mild compared to what happened to the recent coalition hostages. After hearing about what happened to that Italian hostage, it seems the only reason that we have to act is because these incidents became so public. I feel sorry for Gen Kimmit, cornered by the weasels at CBS.
Posted by: BigEd 2004-04-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=31738