So, for those people, here's the latest, no doubt understated, report on deaths in American-run prisons in the Middle East.
AT LEAST 37 prisoners have died while in the hands of the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon officials have admitted.
Eight of the deaths are classified as murder involving suspected assaults on detainees before or during interrogation sessions.
The deaths are from 33 incidents - eight more cases than the Pentagon publicly reported two weeks ago.
...The causes of death for captives range from being forced off a bridge by a US soldier, multiple gunshot wounds with complications, blunt force injuries, asphyxia and strangulation.
...Among cases involving Iraqi and Afghani detainees, only one US soldier is known to have been disciplined. In that murder case, in September 2003, a soldier shot dead an Iraqi prisoner who was throwing rocks at him. The soldier was reduced in rank and dismissed from the military.
Scotsman article
Eight of the deaths are classified as murder involving suspected assaults on detainees before or during interrogation sessions.
The deaths are from 33 incidents - eight more cases than the Pentagon publicly reported two weeks ago.
...The causes of death for captives range from being forced off a bridge by a US soldier, multiple gunshot wounds with complications, blunt force injuries, asphyxia and strangulation.
...Among cases involving Iraqi and Afghani detainees, only one US soldier is known to have been disciplined. In that murder case, in September 2003, a soldier shot dead an Iraqi prisoner who was throwing rocks at him. The soldier was reduced in rank and dismissed from the military.
For the rest of us, there's more (of course) of the incredibly sick shit.
Prisoners at Abu Ghraib were forced to denounce Islam and were ridden like animals, fondled by female soldiers, force-fed pork or alcohol and required to retrieve their food from toilets, the Post said.
...Meanwhile, thousands of people were expected to join a march through central London today to express horror at the "shocking abuses" of Iraqi prisoners.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone, CND vice-president Bruce Kent and leaders of the Stop The War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain were due to address the rally.
...Meanwhile, thousands of people were expected to join a march through central London today to express horror at the "shocking abuses" of Iraqi prisoners.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone, CND vice-president Bruce Kent and leaders of the Stop The War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain were due to address the rally.
Where are the organized Americans?
And, in keeping with the reports of released "detainees", leaked documents of sworn statements by soliders admit that the "abuses" were often punishment and recreation for the soldiers, having no connection at all to interrogation.
Wait. I'm not done yet.
Speaking in Baghdad on Friday, top US military spokesman Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt insisted that coalition forces adhered to the Geneva Conventions.
"Any suggestion that torture is used is false and offensive," he said.
Channel News Asia article
"Any suggestion that torture is used is false and offensive," he said.
Who are you going to believe? General Kimmitt or your lying eyes?
...hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
