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Iraq-Jordan
ICRC Sees American Abuse as Catastrophic, Saddahm’s as Inconsequential
2004-05-11
Pierre Kraehenbuehl,
Clueless Swiss Bureaucrat
While many detainees were quickly released or no longer mistreated after interrogation, high-ranking officials in Saddam Hussein’s government - including those listed on the U.S. military’s deck of cards - were held for months in solitary confinement, The Associated Press has learned.
Oh you mean the guys who were mass murderers, rapists and mamers were forced to spend a lot of time naked in a dark cement cell? Poor babies.
The report said some coalition military intelligence officers estimated "between 70 percent and 90 percent" of the detainees in Iraq "had been arrested by mistake(?).
How does some mush headed Swiss bureaucrat define mistake?
They also attributed the brutality of some arrests to the lack of proper supervision of battle group units."
They are not going to talk about soldiers get a might ticked at being shot at before they capture the a-holes, and have to use force to subdue them. Of course this Swiss paper-shuffler never had to deal with street gangs. This is unlike some of the reservists, who are normally cops in civilian life. Geez.
If those damn dirty 13 in Abu Ghraib prison has not been so foolish, this guy would have been ignored. But extracting information about WMDs is irrelevant to him. It is unlikely that Sarin Gas will be used on Berne, Geneva, or Zurich. . . .for awhile.
Posted by:BigEd

#4  ICRC Sees American Abuse as Catastrophic, Saddahm’s as Inconsequential

I'd be inclined to call this the CNN Syndrome.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-05-11 12:04:41 PM  

#3  Give to the Salvation Army, not the Red Cross. They do a better job with less publicity seeking and don't charge GIs for coffee or doughnuts.
Posted by: Mr. Davis   2004-05-11 11:43:26 AM  

#2  Until the ICRC admits the Mogen Adom David, they should be noted as the bigoted antisemitic whorehouse they've become. I see no outrage and condemnation of the use of Red Crescent ambulances for transpoting fighters and arms...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-11 10:42:42 AM  

#1  I see he has the same fear of razors that Ryan Seacrest has. Kraehenbuehl, out!
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-05-11 10:13:37 AM  

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