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Report: Detainee Abuse Is "Standard Operating Procedure," Say Soldiers
ABCNews ^ | Maddy Sauer

Posted on 07/24/2006 4:40:39 PM PDT by SandRat

Despite the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the torture and abuse of Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody has continued, according to a new report released over the weekend by Human Rights Watch.

Soldiers told HRW that in direct violation of international law, detainees at one camp "were regularly stripped naked and subjected to beatings, forced exercises, severe sleep deprivation and various forms of degrading and humiliating treatment."

The report describes alleged abuses at three different detention facilities in Iraq between 2003 and 2005. These abuses, the reports says, were authorized and routine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abuse; detainee; interrogation; lies; media; operating; procedure; soldiers; standard; un
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To: detroitdarien

I strongly suspect the AM Nasty International types are the prevaricators.


21 posted on 07/24/2006 4:52:21 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: jw777

"Did anyone's head get sawed off, or body burned and hung from a bridge? "

Nope but its a strategy worth persuing.


23 posted on 07/24/2006 4:53:07 PM PDT by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: SandRat

What a load of crap. If soldiers just admitted to knowing certain acts were illegal and did them anyway then were they interviewed from the brig?


24 posted on 07/24/2006 4:53:51 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: festus

Amen. Let the brutality begin. Animals will be treated like animals.


25 posted on 07/24/2006 4:53:57 PM PDT by jw777
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To: SandRat

Human Rights Watch is a tool for the Islamofacist jihadis and of the traitorous left. Just another hit piece on our troops by the MSM which support the terrorists.


26 posted on 07/24/2006 4:54:13 PM PDT by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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To: darkwing104

YEP!


27 posted on 07/24/2006 4:54:16 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: tobyhill
If soldiers just admitted to knowing certain acts were illegal and did them anyway then were they interviewed from the brig?

Since the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to prisoners in the WOT, the acts wouldn't be illegal. My question is, are these soldiers going on record?

28 posted on 07/24/2006 4:56:50 PM PDT by detroitdarien
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To: SandRat

The USSC is WRONG -- the Geneva Convention accords do not apply to terrorists. Moreover, Congress precluded judical review.


30 posted on 07/24/2006 5:01:57 PM PDT by dodger
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To: Baynative

A definite terrorist tool. Soros is behind this evil.


31 posted on 07/24/2006 5:02:04 PM PDT by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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To: SandRat

I looked at the headline than looked at the source. I didn't need to read any further.


32 posted on 07/24/2006 5:22:27 PM PDT by caisson71
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