Torture bunker busted

[rack'm]

<img src="http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5075613,00.jpg">


The claims by Iraqi Government officials, human rights groups and victims follow the discovery of more than 170 tortured and starving prisoners in a locked Interior Ministry bunker beneath Baghdad.

 

[vraiblonde]

I'm sure this is our fault somehow. I'm curious when we will butt out and let the Iraqis handle their own prisoners?

 

[Vince]

I'm sure this is our fault somehow.

If it's not our fault, and it's NOT, I'm sure someone will come up with a way to blame the US somehow.

 

[sleuth]

I'm sure this is our fault somehow. I'm curious when we will butt out and let the Iraqis handle their own prisoners?

This can't be good though for Sunni participation in the new government.
They're already "barely" in, and this sort of scandal could push them into revolt.

Not good. Not good at all.
Especially since as I understand the article, some of the captives weren't necessarily insurgents/terrorists.

 

[vraiblonde]

Especially since as I understand the article, some of the captives weren't necessarily insurgents/terrorists.

I must admit I am suspicious of the US media's understanding of what an insurgent or terrorists actually is. And I'm doubly suspicious of the media embellishing prison torture stories. I learned my lesson from Gitmo and Abu Ghraib.

 

[duzzey1a]

I must admit I am suspicious of the US media's understanding of what an insurgent or terrorists actually is. And I'm doubly suspicious of the media embellishing prison torture stories. I learned my lesson from Gitmo and Abu Ghraib.

You're right about that. I wonder if things would be different today regarding the war if the media coverage was forbidden. I think the baddies over there are using "our" media to pit us against ourselves. What do ya'll think?

 

[Vince]

You're right about that. I wonder if things would be different today regarding the war if the media coverage was forbidden. I think the baddies over there are using "our" media to pit us against ourselves. What do ya'll think?

Maybe someone can refresh my memory, but I seem to recall the media letting troop positions out during Desert Storm that the enemy used against us. Geraldo comes to mind. Anyone recall the incident?

 

[duzzey1a]

Yeah, it was Geraldo. He was making pictures in the sand of where the troop and tank formations were in relation to Bagdad.

 

[Dougstermd]

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