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 - 3:43pm
Ditto!
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:46pm

There are a lot of people who think that Americans that go over there are foolish and asking for trouble.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:49pm

Tell that to the Catholic priests........


Oh wait, that's right, PEDOPHILES aren't abominations.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:50pm
Just a drive by to say thanks and how well spoken.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:51pm
Thanks for the response - As I grow older, I like to think of my role in life as the "philosopher on the hearth" - after all, all the reading and thinking and reflecting I've done over the past 40 yrs or so of my adult life ought to be worth something - and i've discovered in life that when the screeching and name-calling starts, it validates the statement "the weapons of vituperation are often resorted to by those who lack the knowledge and/or intelligence for an honest discussion" - and this is just a general observation, intended to reflect on no one in particular in this current conversation!!

 

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 3:55pm
Boy, you'll find justification for anything that supports your opinion. Who cares why he was there??? He was beheaded. The prisoners were humiliated -- big difference. I think they'll get over it. I don't think the guy who was beheaded will get over it. None of it is right, but the prisoner abuse is being made a big issue because its election time. And you can say all you want that the Whitehouse hid the issue also because it was a political issue -- I see it more as an issue that shouldn't be public because of the ramifications. I think Rumsfeld realized how this would make the U.S. look and we just don't need any more negativity towards us right now. I think he should have presented it to Congress and let the Congress deal with the people involved, not let the world see what these few did and make the whole U.S. look bad.
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 4:01pm

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Not sure where this is coming from.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 4:04pm

The prisoners in Abu Ghraib didn't have those kinds of choices.


It doesn't lessen the repugnance of his beheading, it just puts it in a different category.


See now, this is the same problem I have with people trying to minimize what happened in Abu Ghraib.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 4:05pm
Good thing I'm not Catholic -- nor do I believe in organized religion. I just believe in God!
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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 4:10pm
Ok, I've read the report and the things you claim are in there are not there. Maybe you should read it.

The report does not say that the 7 men were put into that wing because of a prison fight. Read the report.

The report did not say that all seven have since been released.

The report did not say that they have all been offered compensation.





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