[Peace-discuss] Iraqis Tortured by US Forces (w/link to photos)

[Neil Parthun]

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured/

Russ Kick's "The Memory Hole" (one of my favorite sites) has 
posted the photos of what our "benevolent liberators" are 
doing in Iraq.  Six soldiers now face court martial and 
jail. One allegedly boasted that the captives "broke within 
hours". Seven others, including a general, are suspended 
from duty and may be disciplined.

One troop claimed that he did "not know how to treat the 
prisoners." "I kept asking my chain of command for things 
like rules and regulations. It just wasn't happening." The 
soldiers, from the 800th Military Police Brigade, were 
arrested after the video images were sent to a friend who 
handed them to authorities. 

These pictures were shown on 60 Minutes on CBS and on the 
BBC News.  Some of our troops pull acts like this and we 
have to wonder why we're facing so much animosity in Iraq?  

Stand up and keep fighting,
Neil [parthun at uiuc.edu]

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