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Iraqi TV Claims Shoe Throwing Reporter Being 'Tortured' at US Run Prison
Current.com ^ | December 16, 2008

Posted on 12/15/2008 4:44:26 PM PST by lewisglad

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To: hole_n_one
I'm guessing that when the son of the deposed king of Nigeria emails you directly, asking for help, you help.

Depends. Do I have a shot at a Nigerian princess? ;)

61 posted on 12/15/2008 5:06:55 PM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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To: Kieri

Algore’s new network, always the first for breaking Arab propganda ‘news’!


62 posted on 12/15/2008 5:08:07 PM PST by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

with broken ribs and signs of tortures on his thighs. Also he can not move his right arm.

It’s okay, he throws like a girl anyhow.


63 posted on 12/15/2008 5:10:10 PM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 40)
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To: lewisglad
tough...
64 posted on 12/15/2008 5:10:10 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist -)
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To: worst-case scenario
"letting the guy go will really stick a spoke in the traditional Bush-is-a-monster wheel"

Where has such a dynamic played out before?


65 posted on 12/15/2008 5:12:08 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: CE2949BB
If true, there are idiots that need to be punished.

I'm with you, but not with more torture as something like this does not warrant it. Now with Saddam, he'd be a goner.

Bush handled it very well; I was proud of him for that, but it will probably be misinterpreted by different cultures as wimpish or however they see things.

There might be some rare cases where I might justify some torture, but I really would rather we not engage in it, but sometimes feel fury when innocents are made to suffer horrendously.

I've not read yet if he lost family members in the war or what his motive was; obviously I don't condone what he did by any stretch, just glad it wasn't some explosive. Could have been a lot lot worse.

66 posted on 12/15/2008 5:12:15 PM PST by Aliska
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To: lewisglad

I hope they make sure no ribs go unbroken.

Make him earn his liberal stripes!


67 posted on 12/15/2008 5:13:06 PM PST by ConservativeMind (What's "Price Gouging"? Should government force us to sell to the 15th highest bidder on eBay?)
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To: CE2949BB

Oh, if he does have injuries, they could be a result of the struggle with those who had to get him out of there, at least in part.


68 posted on 12/15/2008 5:13:40 PM PST by Aliska
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To: lewisglad

The shoe fetish guy was taken prisoner by Iraqi authorities before being transferred to US control so it would be deemed more likely that any injuries occurred as a result of his slipping in his stocking feet several times due to Iraqi negligence.


69 posted on 12/15/2008 5:13:42 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Obama is Americas new Forrest Gump...but with an oversized ego and ears.)
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To: Right Wing Assault
Amen!

70 posted on 12/15/2008 5:14:20 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: worst-case scenario

I so agree!

the mideast won’t care...but it sure would take the wind out of his Martyr Sails! ha.


71 posted on 12/15/2008 5:14:43 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: CE2949BB

The “idiots” are local Iraqis who are performing the deed, even if the location is managed by the US.

Iraqi law is different from US law. I say let them proceed.


72 posted on 12/15/2008 5:15:32 PM PST by ConservativeMind (What's "Price Gouging"? Should government force us to sell to the 15th highest bidder on eBay?)
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To: lewisglad
I would think that if he's in Iraqi hands, he's going to pay dearly for insulting a guest in "the Iraqi house". He should've known that. He gets whatever he deserves. A broken arm, split skull, a sand filled garden hose massage.

Oh well........such is life.

73 posted on 12/15/2008 5:15:35 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

“Have you ever done business with arabs? Don’t turn your back on them or you’ll end up with a 7 inch knife in your back...”

Or as a Jewish friend of mine said: “If you have an Arab for a friend, you don’t need an enemy.”


74 posted on 12/15/2008 5:16:29 PM PST by garyhope (Barack Hussein Obambi, Marxist traitor and the end of America and Western civilization)
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To: lewisglad

Hey who cares - he showed complete disrespect for our President and our country....obviously someone paid this a$$hole to do that - and if he has to pay, then he has to pay!!!!


75 posted on 12/15/2008 5:17:07 PM PST by BamaDi (Jindal/Steele - my new choice!)
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To: john in springfield
Britney has been 'torturing' my ears for years, it's about time the terrorists got some too!


76 posted on 12/15/2008 5:18:10 PM PST by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

I thought that all happened in the press room when the other reporters beat him up.


77 posted on 12/15/2008 5:23:30 PM PST by svcw (Great selection of Christmas gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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To: worst-case scenario

Ehh...he will live, it is in our interests for the man not to be killed or particularly maimed, if he has a few bumps and bruises from his initial detention, that cannot really be helped.

I’d be more concerned about the reporter (and future NYT prospect) being snuffed out when he is released.


78 posted on 12/15/2008 5:24:10 PM PST by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: john in springfield; lewisglad

Bah! She’s cute! Even more so when she’s being a dork. ;)


79 posted on 12/15/2008 5:24:29 PM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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To: Tamatoa

Oh, darn, torture going on and I’m not there to inflict it.


80 posted on 12/15/2008 5:25:01 PM PST by muawiyah
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