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2004-05-11 Home Front: Politix

The post-Abu Ghraib attacks on Rumsfeld.

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Posted by ed 2004-05-11 06:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Can I just ask: Who died in Abu Ghraib? Anyone?

Posted by eLarson 2004-05-11 12:15:36 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:15:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 yes, people did die. What happened at Abu Ghraib is shameful. Don't forget it. If the left wants to overplay their hand, let them. But don't defend what happened there, it was wrong.

Posted by B 2004-05-11 12:18:25 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:18:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 According to the Kurds:
We know that since 1994/95 around 100 people are executed weekly in Abu Graib. We are only talking of this one prison because we have reliable numbers and also often the names of the victims [...]. But many people are also being killed in other prisons. We do not have any accurate information but we do know that there are also systematic executions taking place in Mossul, Raduaniah and Al-Makassa. Therefore, around 400-500 people are being executed every week in Iraqi prisons. Executions in the death camps can be added to this.

Posted by ed 2004-05-11 12:33:51 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:33:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Found this in the Sydney Morning Herald:
At least four Iraqi detainees have died in British custody in the past year, one as a result of torture, says the human rights group Amnesty International, while the CIA admits it is investigating the death of a prisoner under interrogation.

Then there is this:
April 20, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq â Insurgents fired 12 mortars into Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison Tuesday, killing 22 detainees and injuring 92, U.S. military officials said.

But I guess, to some, that doesn't count.

Posted by ed 2004-05-11 12:42:01 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:42:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ed - It is becoming apparent that, at least in the US, according to our media and their friends (Jim McDermitt, Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and CAIR), it doesn't count since it is being done by Muslims.

It sure appears that way. When was the last time you heard 'media outrage' over something a muslims had done? When Hamas and others blow up a bus or resturant killing many Jewish (and Muslim) innocent civilians you barely hear about it in the media. No Outrage. No pictures of the victims. But if the IDF takes out a known mass murderer the media ( and CAIR/etc...) is all over it calling it a 'war crime'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-05-11 12:52:35 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:52:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 CF,
I can relate. Hardly any mention of the 2 million Christians and Animists in Sudan killed by the Arabs of Khartoum. Or the 1 million black muslims being killed and ethnically cleansed by Arab Muslims in Darfur at this moment.

Posted by ed 2004-05-11 12:58:18 PM|| 2004-05-11 12:58:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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