Posted on 11/17/2005 10:48:17 AM PST by indianrightwinger
Iraq official defends 'torture' facility
Thursday, November 17, 2005; Posted: 10:51 a.m. EST (15:51 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's interior minister has defended a government facility that was found to be holding dozens of prisoners, including some showing signs of torture, saying it held "the most criminal terrorists."
"Nobody was beheaded or killed," a defiant Bayan Jabr told a news conference Thursday, saying that only seven of 170 detainees showed marks of torture.
"Those detainees, those criminal killers inside the bunker were not Indians or Pakistanis or Iranians," he said, waving a stack of passports in the air. "Those are your Arab brothers that came here to kill your sons."
He said one detainee who had been reported as paralyzed was afflicted before his arrival at the facility and had been used "by one of the terrorists" to set off bombs.
"They gave the handicapped $1,000, and he was just a beggar," Jabr said.
The minister said a judge was in charge at the facility and was dealing with each case. Jabr pledged to hold anyone who has tortured a detainee accountable.
"I will punish them if (the investigation) proves they are responsible for any violations," he said.
"You can be proud of our forces," Jabr said. "Our forces ... respect human rights.
"We are a government and we are responsible for protecting you," he said. "The detainees are the sons of Iraq. Even if they make mistakes, it is not for us to decide this."
Jabr said he personally instructed his officers to take suspects to the center because they were considered the most dangerous, The Associated Press reported.
The interior minister said an investigation was under way into the torture allegations and that he has discussed the allegations with Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in
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BFD
I can barely type, I'm crying so much.
Terrorists are people, too!
I'm sure if we started being nice to these people, they'll be much more inclined to help us. Remember - to make a friend, you have to BE a friend!
Check out the main page "http://www.cnn.com/".
This guy is cool. He is actually waiving the passports and making a case that the policy is right. :-)
Does it mean "big f deal?"
IBTZ?
Oh the humanity! He tried to blow up women and kids and somebody beat him up! When will this insanity end!
:) Yep.... he gets it. I would think it's difficult to argue with his logic.
Exactly!
The scars don't look that bad given what he was trying to do to the Iraqi civilians (children, women and men).
What? Are you ok?
The purpose of the picture was to show how tame the scars are for the big deal being made out about torture.
I've looked worse than he does after a vigorous game of rugby (bloody nose, cleat marks on my face, cracked rib).
LOL!! For the liberals, it is too harsh.
Ahhh...
I apologize for impugning your motives.
No problem. I should have put a note around the picture to be clear. I realized it after.
This cannot be said enough.
Yeah, he gets it.
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