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2005-09-24 Iraq

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Posted by Raj 2005-09-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bullshit.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-24 02:01|| 2005-09-24 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Give the terrorists musical instruments and spray them with automatic weapons fire. Human Rights groups approve of that.

Posted by ed 2005-09-24 03:13|| 2005-09-24 03:13|| Front Page Top

#3 just what the fuck is this human rights group gonna do ? declare jihad?

Posted by Uninetle Hupating2229 2005-09-24 09:09|| 2005-09-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 This story is fishy.

Captain Fishback, who has served combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, gave Human Rights Watch and Senate aides his long account only after his efforts to report the abuses to his superiors were rebuffed or ignored over 17 months, according to Senate aides and John Sifton,

In a previous part of the article said the army open 400 investigations. My problem is this: You report what you believe to be abuse and there it stays. This going to HRW is an indicator of agenda rather than the search for justice.

And in another part of the article, the report says, waaay down near the end of the story the two NCOs prominently mentioned as anonymous sources, failed to report the abuse and came forward to HRW to report this abuse. This smells of agenda rather than truth. I got five bucks that says reports to command were made by someone else and investigated. Any takers?

This is yet another story where the scadal is enemy illegal combatants are abuse but no Americans are dead. It seems that the NyTimes is sorrowful they could not report dead Americans, and seeking to make up for this shortcoming by trying to dishonor the military trying to fight the war.

Posted by badanov 2005-09-24 10:29|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-09-24 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Several of us have said this before, but it bears repeating.

This is an easy problem to solve. Take no prisoners. Then there can be no allegations of abuse by these America-hating, freedom-hating (except for their own), agenda-driven, lying clowns.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-24 11:05|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-09-24 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Badanov has a really god point. The military has not been shy about investigating abuses so I am not convinced that a Capt was rebuffed up his entire chain f command. When I was active duty there were signs all over the place giving you the direct phone number of the IG. I also NEVER believe second party accounts of anything.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-24 11:18|| 2005-09-24 11:18|| Front Page Top

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