Anti-War DOT COM!!!!!
Ohh yeah, That is some unbiased reporting!! Just the facts Friday just the facts!! Hey it says here in "Pravda" that Communism will win the cold war.
As for the New Yorker article, let's examine what it REALLY says:
As to autopsy reports - Sorry can't find any reference to an autopsy report at all. Much less one claiming anyone was beaten to death.
There are reference's to the two Iraqi's on the examining tables in the photo.
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"Two Iraqi faces that do appear in the photographs are those of dead men. There is the battered face of prisoner No. 153399, and the bloodied body of another prisoner, wrapped in cellophane and packed in ice. There is a photograph of an empty room, splattered with blood."
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The empty room spattered in blood is the morgue. Pretty Sinister Stuff.
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"A month later, General Karpinski was formally admonished and quietly suspended, and a major investigation into the Army’s prison system, authorized by Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, the senior commander in Iraq, was under way."
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Gosh, Seems the Military was investigating the reports of abuse long before it hit the papers. Sure glad that reporter hopped in made it all public. The bad guys are pretty understanding about this sort of thing and won't take it out on any captives they have. You know How a Free and Democratic Society needs watching.
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“They stressed him out so bad that the man passed away. They put his body in a body bag and packed him in ice for approximately twenty-four hours in the shower. . . . "
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Stressed out is NOT beaten to death.
Again what we have here is a media frenzy over the actions of a few miscreants. One the Military was already investigating and taking action. It was not made public for the following reasons:
1. Concern for the Safety of those in Hostile captivity.
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"Similarly, Gary Myers, Frederick’s civilian attorney, told me that he would argue at the court-martial that culpability in the case extended far beyond his client. “I’m going to drag every involved intelligence officer and civilian contractor I can find into court,” he said. “Do you really believe the Army relieved a general officer because of six soldiers? Not a chance.”"
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With my paltry decade and a half of government service I would definately say without a doubt...
YES, the US Army would relieve a General over the actions of these six. It already did so once before this ever made the papers.
Glad we live in a free country with Freedom of Speech that can be exercised without regard to consequences or social responsibility. As long as papers get sold and the reporters politcs get through WHO cares about the truth! There is an election coming up!
As much as the extreme liberal left would like to make this out to be an Evil systematic problem perpetuated by GW Bush it is in fact an isolated incident and a huge blight on the other 99.9 percent of the folks out there doing the right thing. Many of them doing the right thing at extreme personal sacrifice.
Crumpp
