Friday, August 06, 2004
Reality continues to creep into view in the Abu Ghraib case2. Not just one prisoner (or officially, "detainee" wtf?) was held and moved in secret to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from discovering them, but eight, during inspections in last December alone. There is no reason to believe that the practice was not more widespread.
In court proceedings "Spec. Israel Rivera, a military intelligence soldier who witnessed some of the abuse, disclosed... [that] MPs smuggled in a local resident named Ali, who set up a restaurant and cafe... illegally sold liquor and ran a prostitution ring." Read for yourself at the Washington Post.
Also, a US helicopter was downed yesterday. Since then US troops killed 300 "militants". At least three US military were also killed. Najaf General Hospital cites 13 civilians dead and 58 wounded during the fighting. Is an us:innocents:them death ratio of 1:10:100 acceptable? Is this victory? And if that's just two days, imagine what we can do with another few years! Love that Freedom! Fight that Terror! Stay that Course!
Oh, and in case you are completely unaware, the guy we put in charge of Iraq is even worse than the guy we put in Afghanistan. Take a moment to acquaint yourself with Dr. Iyad Allawi, leader of the 1996 failed coup in Iraq, a spy and a "thug" with "blood on his hands", even by CIA accounts. What does that mean? Here's the account from the Sydney Morning Herald (click "register later"), in an editorial titled Allegations that cannot be ignored: "at Baghdad's Al-Amariyah prison about the third weekend of June... before the amazed eyes of a dozen Iraqi policeman and four American guards" independent and corroborated eyewitnesses say "Dr Allawi drew a gun and shot seven prisoners," killing 6.
Just a little celebratory summary execution to get you in the mood to bring democracy to millions. Even American press are acknowledging the story now... after what, 10 days? WTG US journalism. Well, that notwithstanding, there were always some poeple who could tell you what was up...
In court proceedings "Spec. Israel Rivera, a military intelligence soldier who witnessed some of the abuse, disclosed... [that] MPs smuggled in a local resident named Ali, who set up a restaurant and cafe... illegally sold liquor and ran a prostitution ring." Read for yourself at the Washington Post.
Also, a US helicopter was downed yesterday. Since then US troops killed 300 "militants". At least three US military were also killed. Najaf General Hospital cites 13 civilians dead and 58 wounded during the fighting. Is an us:innocents:them death ratio of 1:10:100 acceptable? Is this victory? And if that's just two days, imagine what we can do with another few years! Love that Freedom! Fight that Terror! Stay that Course!
Oh, and in case you are completely unaware, the guy we put in charge of Iraq is even worse than the guy we put in Afghanistan. Take a moment to acquaint yourself with Dr. Iyad Allawi, leader of the 1996 failed coup in Iraq, a spy and a "thug" with "blood on his hands", even by CIA accounts. What does that mean? Here's the account from the Sydney Morning Herald (click "register later"), in an editorial titled Allegations that cannot be ignored: "at Baghdad's Al-Amariyah prison about the third weekend of June... before the amazed eyes of a dozen Iraqi policeman and four American guards" independent and corroborated eyewitnesses say "Dr Allawi drew a gun and shot seven prisoners," killing 6.
Just a little celebratory summary execution to get you in the mood to bring democracy to millions. Even American press are acknowledging the story now... after what, 10 days? WTG US journalism. Well, that notwithstanding, there were always some poeple who could tell you what was up...
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