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Iraq-Jordan
Amnesty International Wants Iraqi Prison To Stay
2004-05-25
A leading United States Bashing inhuman rights group disagreed with President George W. Bush over the fate of the Iraqi prison at the center of the abuse scandal. In a prime-time speech on postwar Iraq on Monday, Bush pledged to demolish Abu Ghraib prison as "a fitting symbol of Iraq’s new beginning." Scores of U.S. lawmakers from both parties have advocated leveling the prison, also a symbol of Saddam Hussein-era torture. But Amnesty International challenged Bush’s plans, arguing that leaving Abu Ghraib standing could help in prosecuting crimes committed there under Saddam. An Amnesty representative said tearing down the prison could destroy evidence of torture by Saddam’s regime. He said it could prevent a "detailed accounting" of crimes at the notorious Baghdad-area facility.
so... when has AI given a rats ass about Saddam’s crimes at the Prison or his mass-graves, rape squads, rape rooms, people shreadders, etc....?
Meanwhile, even more inmates than previously reported will be freed soon from Abu Ghraib prison. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said the U.S. military will release between 580 and 600 prisoners on Friday from the prison. Kimmitt had previously said more than 400 prisoners would be freed on Friday.
Hint to writer: 580 (and 600) is/are more than 400. Please report to Mrs. Graham for basic 2nd grade education.... (Dont these liberal arts collages teach anything anymore??)
He said another release will take place on June 4. The military routinely releases detainees from the prison, even before reports of abuse there.
So why mention it?
Personally I think we should level the prison, salt the earth, and then build a memorial to all of Saddam’s victims.
Posted by:CrazyFool

#4  
I think this talk about destroying the prison is silly. Are we going to destroy all the prisons in Iraq and build all new ones?

It takes a lot of money and time to build a prison. Why is the US Government committing itself to this huge, unnecessary expenditure? If the Iraqis want to destroy a good prison for no good reason and build a new one, then let them do it.
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Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-05-26 2:26:17 AM  

#3  580 (and 600) is/are more than 400. Please report to Mrs. Graham for basic 2nd grade education.... (Dont these liberal arts collages teach anything anymore??)

None of that white Eurocentric male linear logic stuff, which oppresses our free spirit intuition and the reception of subtle ethereal waves from the evolved dolphin spirit guides on Tau Centuri.

[gag]
Posted by: rkb   2004-05-25 8:36:07 PM  

#2  For a second there I thought they wanted it for condos.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-05-25 7:26:42 PM  

#1  If Amnesty International loves that prison so much, then we can give them the rubble, and they can sell souvenir pieces, a la the Berlin Wall from 15 years ago.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-25 6:14:35 PM  

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