Bush: Iraqi prisoner abuse on Arab TV

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Bush: Iraqi prisoner abuse on Arab TV
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Wed, 05-05-2004 - 10:17am
Should Bush apologize on Arab TV?
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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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.abuse.main/index.html

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:04pm
Don't bother - I'm a homosexual atheist who drives an SUV and believes in a woman's right to choose over her own body.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:08pm
I already have. YOU drive an SUV???? You should be ashamed of yourself.....

LOL. ;)

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:08pm
I second that!!!
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:10pm

<<<Maybe I'm just stupid because I did a Google search before I asked this question. I got nothing. >>>


There's an old adage about a shoe that comes to mind here....


Here's a snapshot of the hits I got when I Googled "Taguba Report" - Note that it returns more than TWENTY THOUSAND hits....hardly getting "nothing."






Go to Google Home

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:14pm
Don't you READ??? He was exaggerating in regards to his statements of blaming America, it's people and the President basically as a dang whole for the select few soldier's abuse. What part of that don't you get exactly? ROTFLMFAO at you!
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:16pm

 


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Registered: 05-10-2004
Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:17pm
Still not the President...why don't you run? You are soooooooo experienced. Although I wouldn't vote for you since you see things all in black and white...I will pray for you as well!
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:36pm

When one has to resort to personal attacks, it renders the debate over.


Sorry, I've no extra food.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:41pm
Is "Sheesh" part of the English language??? I'll bet you anything that the beheading won't cause as much outcry as the prison abuses....
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:43pm
You are a jack of all trades aren't you... I was responding to your attack of the presidency. I don't recall you being on the ballot or being a past-president.

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