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: 04-05-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:35pm
Thousands and thousands of people, James? Come on. Please spare me your propaganda about 80 year old women getting ridden like mules. There have been all sorts of rumors since this story broke. None of them have been proven other than some of the men were placed in embarrassing situations.

And please show me where ONE person from the right has defended these actions. They have been universally condemned. I'm just getting a little bit sick of it all. Enough is enough.

Look at this:

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

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Registered: 09-05-2003
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 10:40pm

Are you not aware that thousands and thousands of people have been detained in these prisons and released over the past 12 months.

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Registered: 04-30-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 11:08pm
I have often thought that the A.P. steps across the line with what they release to the public, these photos are bad, I agree, but should they have been released ? I can't see they should have, turned over to their comanders, yes ,but not to the public.

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 11:11pm
These men have not been tried or convicted of anything. Cnn said again tonight that 90% were arrested in error. You know nothing about these men yet you continue to say that are murders. Let's see some proof that the men murdered anyone. These kind of accusations are very wrong and inflame this kind of abuse.
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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 11:13pm
Great post. Thanks
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Mon, 05-10-2004 - 11:15pm
AMEN!!!
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Registered: 09-05-2003
Tue, 05-11-2004 - 8:03am

I have often thought that the A.P. steps across the line with what they release to the public, these photos are bad, I agree, but should they have been released ? I can't see they should have, turned over to their comanders, yes ,but not to the public.


The "comanders" in question HAD this information for 5 months, this should go public because this is exactly what a free press is supposed to do.

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Tue, 05-11-2004 - 9:28am

Thanks for your post. Sad to say many

 


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Registered: 10-28-2003
Tue, 05-11-2004 - 9:28am
We have enough problems in our own country -- I don't have the time or energy to worry about these people in Iraq. I don't think we should have ever gone in there. We need to spend all these billions on fixing what is wrong with this country and not feel like we have to fix all the problems in everyone else's country.
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Registered: 10-28-2003
Tue, 05-11-2004 - 9:32am
What about all the Americans over there trying to help them (I'm talking about the contractors) that are being killed and tortured. I'm sorry, but I just don't care. We have enough problems here in America that need to be fixed -- I just don't have enough in me to care or worry about those people. I don't think we should even be over there in the first place.

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