Bush: Iraqi prisoner abuse on Arab TV
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| Wed, 05-05-2004 - 10:17am |
Bush to address Iraqi prisoner abuse on Arab TV.
President Bush will give interviews to two Arab television networks Wednesday about reports of U.S. military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners, the White House said.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the 10-minute interviews with Al-Hurra, a U.S.-sponsored network, and Al Arabiya will take place about 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) in the Map Room at the White House.
"This is an opportunity for the president to speak directly to the people of Arab nations and let them know that the images that we all have seen are shameful and unacceptable," McClellan told reporters during a Bush campaign tour.
Referring to photographs that have surfaced showing Iraqi prisoners being abused McClellan said, "The images do not represent what America stands for, nor do they represent the high standards of conduct that the military is committed to uphold. The U.S. believes in treating all people with dignity and respect."
Asked why Bush would not meet with the Arab network Al-Jazeera, McClellan would only say the other two networks "reach a wide range of people in the Middle East."
McClellan said the actions of the accused soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq "do not represent what 99 percent of the men and women in the military stand for." (Full story)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday that he would take "all measures necessary" to ensure that abuse of detainees in Iraq "does not happen again."
Rumsfeld defended the Defense Department's handling of the matter in the face of congressional criticism, noting that a criminal investigation by the Army was under way and publicly disclosed three months before what he called "deeply disturbing" photographs were broadcast last week.
"This is a serious problem, and it's something the department is addressing," he said at a Pentagon news briefing. "The system works. The system works."
Rumsfeld said the criminal investigation was one of six launched since January.
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The people who were in the other side of the prison were there because they posed some perceived threat to US.
The man with the electrodes was released because he had been abused, not because he was an innocent man who had a traffic violation or something. I think I remember reading that he had participated in the prison uprising.
As much as you would love to put America and Americans in the worst possible light, the facts do not support you.
I think the President is doing a great job, Even if we don't always agree We as Americans should back our country to the hilt.
I agree, the President shouldn't HAVE to apologize , that is what his aides are for, to cover his back side!
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That's certainly your choice - to believe or not believe.
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I do not think the pictures should have been released to the public, All this is doing is making more hate, just look at this message board. And to think all the world has to do is turn on a computer and find more reason to Hate our Great Country.
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Because much like religious zealots, we like to shove freedom and democracy down other countries' throats.
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"If you don't stand up for something, you'll lie down for anything." -- B
Can't imagine why you would have a prison uprising when you put 70-90% of the people in there are not guilty.
James
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