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by patrioticliberal on Tue May 17, 2005 at 07:35:53 AM PDT
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by Apian on Tue May 17, 2005 at 08:55:51 AM PDT
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In addition, every prisoner is to be given full Geneva Protection until their status is reviewed by a competant tribunal. So far no detainees have been reviewed by a competant tribunal. Either charge them or let them go.
We need an investigation to get to the bottom of who all is responsible for all of this abuse and torture!
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by RichardG on Tue May 17, 2005 at 09:42:40 AM PDT
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by Dana Garrett on Tue May 17, 2005 at 12:50:32 PM PDT
This could also be done shortly after a forced enema.
Whether this is abuse or mental torture it dosn't really matter, because it is a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions.
by RichardG on Tue May 17, 2005 at 01:23:46 PM PDT
There may be more than one meaning, of course.
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by technopolitical on Tue May 17, 2005 at 06:04:22 PM PDT
If you read the definition on withholding "incentives" it won't say withholding toilet paper or access to a toilet, but that is what happened.
The point is who approved all of this interrogator abuse that violates the Geneva Conventions and the UCMJ and why are they not being held responsible?
It is also clear that techniques were designed to specifically violate the religous convictions of the detainees, which means there was probably high level involvment.
by RichardG on Wed May 18, 2005 at 07:10:02 AM PDT
Forcing women to walk on all fours while nude. (Don't remember where I read that)
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by Hummingbird on Tue May 17, 2005 at 01:27:40 PM PDT
I didn't read the story about forcing women to walk on all fours while nude, but don't doubt at all that it happened. Perfectly consistent with all of the other verified abuse.
by RichardG on Tue May 17, 2005 at 02:05:00 PM PDT
by Hummingbird on Wed May 18, 2005 at 07:35:52 AM PDT
I also did not include the fact that prisoners were beaten to death at Bagram and a few other places as well as chained to the ceiling by their wrists at Bagram.
I would also consider raping children the worst, however alot of these activities probably would qualify as torture like raping women, beating prisoners to death, boiling them and the consistent abusive treatement collectively, in my view amounts to torture.
by RichardG on Wed May 18, 2005 at 08:09:24 AM PDT
Uzbekistan is a horrible regime and well known as a regime of torture.
For that matter we shouldn't be taking any prisoners now either, we are breaking our own law.
by Hummingbird on Wed May 18, 2005 at 09:09:11 AM PDT
Grave War crimes require prosecution on behalf of the host country.
by RichardG on Wed May 18, 2005 at 11:06:47 AM PDT
by Congressman John Conyers on Tue May 17, 2005 at 05:13:28 PM PDT
Frankly, I don't know what a lot of the questions above are. It's pretty bad when an average American citizen cannot even look at the questions.
I guess that is part of the problem. To find the answers, we have to acknowledge the possibility, and I don't even want to look.
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by OLinda on Tue May 17, 2005 at 06:11:24 PM PDT
And they probably never did explicitly. These guys are smart enough to not leave a paper trail. They probably tell their subordinates what they want done in vague general terms or and let the subordinates carry it out. The top guys maintain their deniability and nothing ever touches them.
I think the more fruitful question is more along the lines of whether these things actually happened. Once you establish that and who was involved, you try to work your way up the chain.
By the way, I hear tell that you used to work at the old Workers Comp Bureau in Detroit. Best wishes from a former workers comp appeal writer who lives in your district.
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by gsbadj on Wed May 18, 2005 at 02:55:20 AM PDT
And that's Graham talking!
We need to call them to account! Justice, please! What has happened to our country???
by Hummingbird on Wed May 18, 2005 at 07:45:25 AM PDT
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