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| Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Probed |
| 2004-04-28 |
| 60 Minutes II has obtained photographs of what was happening in Abu Ghraib. The photos show American soldiers mistreating Iraqi prisoners. . . . . . One of the soldiers who is now facing court martial, Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick, described to Rather what he saw in the Iraqi prison. "We had no support, no training whatsoever, and I kept asking my chain of command for certain things, rules and regulations, and it just wasn’t happening," he said. Frederick is charged with maltreatment, assault and indecent acts for posing for a photograph while sitting on top of a detainee, striking detainees and ordering detainees to strike each other, among other things. How did this become so public? Frederick wrote home to his family about the treatment of prisoners. He said in an e-mail: "We helped getting them to talk with the way we handle them. We’ve had a very high rate with our styles of getting them to break; they usually end up breaking within hours." How did this become so public? Did they get information that later saved lives? I may be crude an uncivilized, but these |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #1 I'm sure CBS will balance with shots of the corpses hung from bridges, the rape rooms and mass graves, the gassed dead in Halabja, and the current scenes (apparently readily available) of ambulances being used as ammo/terrorist carriers, women and children as human shields - against their will, and the use of religious Moskkks as ammo resupply and attack centers, right? After all, Sweeps week is coming up? (/sarcasm) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-28 9:22:47 PM |