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| Group: U.s. Military Urged Abuse In Iraq | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 23 2006, 08:25 AM (329 Views) | |
| abuturab82 | Jul 23 2006, 08:25 AM Post #1 |
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Group: U.S. military urged abuse in Iraq By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 59 minutes ago NEW YORK - The group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004. ADVERTISEMENT [0] Between 2003 and 2005, prisoners were routinely physically mistreated, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme temperatures as part of the interrogation process, the report said. "Soldiers were told that the Geneva Conventions did not apply, and that interrogators could use abusive techniques to get detainees to talk," wrote John Sifton, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. The organization said it based its conclusion on interviews with military personnel and sworn statements in declassified documents. A Pentagon spokesman, Cmdr. Greg Hicks, said he wasn't aware of the report, but noted the military is reviewing its procedures regarding detainees following a Supreme Court ruling that the Geneva Conventions should apply in the conflict with al-Qaida. The Bush administration had previously held that certain enemies, including terrorists, were illegal combatants and not protected by those rules. The conventions prohibit "outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment." Human Rights Watch focused much of its report on a detention facility called Camp Nama at Baghdad International Airport. One soldier, whose name was withheld from the report, described a suspected insurgent being stripped naked, thrown in the mud, sprayed with water and then exposed to frigid temperatures in an attempt to soften him up for interrogators. Commanders, the soldier said, seemed confident that their treatment of prisoners was legal. He described computerized authorization forms that had to be filled out before subjecting detainees to strobe lights, loud music, extreme heat or cold, or intimidation by barking dogs. The allegations of abuse at the camp were first reported in March by The New York Times. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_on_.../detainee_abuse |
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| bluey | Jul 24 2006, 06:28 AM Post #2 |
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Assalam Alaykum, This makes me sick. :angry: They treat them without mercy and like animals. No wonder the people hate them all the more. Commanders, the soldier said, seemed confident that their treatment of prisoners was legal. May Allah s.w.t protect the innocent and punish the oppressors. Ameen. |
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| Rambo | Jul 24 2006, 12:44 PM Post #3 |
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Salam, Watch Road to Guantanamo if you haven't already. It's a British film which gives a bit of a glimpse into the kinds of conditions and torture methods employed by the US military. |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 25 2006, 03:27 AM Post #4 |
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Ameen. In all honesty, I'm not surprised. We all had our suspicions about these sorts of things. The military is really good at covering its tracks. I wouldn't be surprised if rapes and sexual abuse were more commonplace than is being depicted in the media. The problem is access to information. I don't quite understand how we can live in the so-called 'age of information' but be completely clueless about whats going on in that region of the world. |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 25 2006, 03:27 AM Post #5 |
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Everyone's been recommending that to me. Is it available on youtube or googlevideo? |
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| bluey | Jul 25 2006, 07:36 AM Post #6 |
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Wa'alaykumasalam, It got released in Dubai the day i was leaving. I'm hoping it's still going to be on when i get back, if not, i'll have to search for it. People have been saying it's pretty good. |
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| Rambo | Jul 25 2006, 09:01 AM Post #7 |
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It's actually a proper film, so I doubt it would be on google or youtube. If I see anything I'll post it. In the meantime, here's a trailer: http://www.roadtoguantanamomovie.com/video...band_large.html |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 25 2006, 10:14 PM Post #8 |
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wow. i'm gonna have to check this one out. |
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| NMM | Jul 26 2006, 11:05 PM Post #9 |
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I heard about Road to Guantanamo as well. |
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