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2008-04-11 Iraq

Not so Fast, Bilal: US holds AP photographer in Iraq despite amnesty

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Posted by gorb 2008-04-11 05:05|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 So the AP, Reporters Sans Frontieres, and Human Rights Watch wants him out? There's a hat trick that says "probable cause".

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-11 09:19|| 2008-04-11 09:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, free, a free fully paid vacation in sunny luscious Guantanamo for a stay at the Hans Fritzsche cabana, an all inclusive resort.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-11 10:01|| 2008-04-11 10:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Scoundrels like this should have been taken care of by SOCOM. That is, squeezed of information, then disposed of with "plausible deniability." In this case, surrounded by the real evidence of his terrorist activity, his body is found clutching a handgun "he had fired against US military personnel."

Case closed. When anyone would complain that we had killed a "journalist", we just point out that not only was he surrounded by evidence that he was supporting terrorists, but he fired upon US personnel as well. Therefore, he was not a journalist.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-11 13:21|| 2008-04-11 13:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Tu, well said. Actually, the organizations involved here have covered themselves with shame and disrepute - once again - by their outrageous behavior and statements.

Note that they continue to use the disengenuous slur of "uncharged" - they all know full well that in Iraq and other places the actions are not normal, civil, judicial proceedings, but a complex hybrid of processes used in armed conflicts and those used in normal judicial proceedings.

Here's hoping Bilal stays locked up and ends up being charged for a serious count by the CCCI.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-04-11 13:32|| 2008-04-11 13:32|| Front Page Top

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