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2004-05-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Lou 2004-05-10 10:38:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hell - I bet this kind of stuff takes place weekly in Detroit, Watts, Washington DC and Houston everday too. Move along people, theres nothing to see here.

Notice how there hasn't been any public anger over this - only the media is getting its panties in a knot over this.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-05-10 11:55:02 AM|| 2004-05-10 11:55:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The delegates saw in October how detainees at Abu Ghraib were kept "completely naked in totally empty concrete cells and in total darkness," the report said.

Isn't this ypical Solitary Confinement in just about any prison in the US?

"These methods of physical and psychological coercion were used by the military intelligence in a systematic way to gain confessions and extract information and other forms of cooperation from person who had been arrested in connection with suspected security offenses or deemed to have an 'intelligence value."'

Well what do you expect us to do swear at them? Ask nicely? Say Pretty Please with Sugar on it?

"Treatment often included pushing people around, insulting, taking aim with rifles, punching and kicking and striking with rifles."

Typical procedure for when the suspect resists. Has anyone not seen treatment this on a police shows like 'Cops'?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-05-10 12:10:56 PM|| 2004-05-10 12:10:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 oh brother.

Pretty quickly we will get to this point:

"He...he used sarcasm."

Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-05-10 4:55:08 PM|| 2004-05-10 4:55:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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