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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Registered: 05-10-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 8:17pm
People like you make me sick. You should go to the Gaza Strip someday and see all the American tanks rolling over the homes of children.

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Mon, 05-10-2004 - 8:59pm
well, it took me sometime to read through all the posts since i last jumped in here at about #26, but i can't hog the computer any longer because my dd is writing a term paper, so here's my thought on these many posts...many of those in power right now make a big deal about being religious, about having values, about protecting us from those who see things differently than they do - so, how about remembering that Jesus said, "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers/sisters, you do to me" - i have a sneaking suspicion He meant those detainees in Guantanamo and the infamous Abu Ghraib prison...what do you think? and for our non-Christian folks, i'm certain that their operative moral ethic doesn't include torture/humiliation either...please keep in mind that neither dead Americans or dead Iraqis square with Daddy Bush's "kindler, gentler America"!

 

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Registered: 04-05-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 9:11pm
For all who answered this post - Did you actually READ IT? here it is again:

We were there to liberate the Iraqis FROM these men. They murder the innocent. They attack our military unexpectedly and against cease fire agreements. These men are murderous thugs. It is wrong that they were mistreated because America is good and our people are good and will not stand for this kind of thing. But it CERTAINLY ISN'T OK for them to murder us either. I am sick and tired of hearing "we were there to liberate them but we tortured them." That is hogwash. We were there to liberate the OPPRESSED - NOT the oppressors...

Did you notice that I said that it is WRONG that they were mistreated? Did you notice that I said WE - America is good and our people are good and WE won't stand for this kind of thing?

The point is - We were not there to liberate THESE MEN. These men who were in this prison ARE THE OPPRESSORS, not the oppressed. There weren't women there who were raped by us. There wasn't anybody there because of a traffic violation. This was where the insurgents were being held in the WING where they put the most dangerous of them all. Look it up.

I am sick and tired of all the propaganda. We were wrong. It is also WRONG to say that we came to liberate them but ended up torturing them. We liberated the people we came to liberate. Period.

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Registered: 04-05-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 9:15pm
Look at the reaction of the Iraqis.

http://www.capmag.com/news.asp?ID=1045


Edited 5/10/2004 9:28 pm ET ET by iminnie833

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Registered: 05-10-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 9:16pm
Only if we're lucky!
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Mon, 05-10-2004 - 9:30pm
I hate to burst your bubble, but sexual abuse DOES in fact happen in US correctional facilities...

Back in 1996, me and a friend wound up in the county jail for a night; 2 large black prisoners were going to try to force me to perform acts on them fortunately me friend knew one of them and backed them off...where were the guards? Probably eating their donuts.

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Registered: 09-05-2003
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:04pm

Forget the fact that we have jailed thousands and thousands of people for minor infractions or incorrectly because they were suspected of being involved with things that it turns out they were no part of.


It certainly makes your world easier if everyone that we do anything bad to is simply the evilist vile people in the world that were dancing on the graves of our soldiers while they cut the throats of Americans.

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Registered: 05-09-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:15pm
I hate what those 10 or 12 people had done to those prisoners, and I think they must be punished severely, however, Pres. Bush should not have apologized for himself or the country. Osama and Saddam must be laughing their asses off. The vast majority of the military are doing the right thing over there and doing a great job too. It is incredible that the Press and the Democrats are politicizing this to the hilt so that Kerry could get elected. That is downright disgusting. Just my 2 cents worth.

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Registered: 09-05-2003
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:17pm

It is incredible that the Press and the Democrats are politicizing this to the hilt so that Kerry could get elected. That is downright disgusting. Just my 2 cents worth.

And I think it is disgusting that we covered this up for 5 months so that it wouldn't affect the campaign of Bush.

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Registered: 05-09-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:28pm
There was no coverup. The situation was being dealt with in January. You are overreacting.

The Left is politicizing our national security for their gain. They hope things go wrong.

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