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| Agence France Presse Reports Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners |
| 2004-06-01 |
| From Jihad Unspun Eyewitnesses have confirmed that Iraqi women prisoners held in the US concentration camp at Abu Ghurayb have been subjected to rape and various types of humiliation, according to reports by non-governmental organizations and testimony collected by the Agence France Presse . Eman Khammas, Director of the non-governmental International Center for Observing the Occupation, reports that one former woman prisoner related how her cellmate in Abu Ghurayb was raped. Khammas said that the prisoner told her how âthey brought my companion back to the cell unconscious. She remained unconscious for 48 hours. Then she told me how members of the Iraqi puppet police raped her 17 times in one day under the gaze of the American soldiers,â according to AFP. Muhammad Dahham al-Muhammad, Chairman of the Federation of Prisoners and Detainees, is preparing affidavits collected by his work team from former women prisoners or their relatives. The Federation has, for example, the testimony of a woman concerning the repeated rape of her sister by US soldiers in front of her husband in Abu Ghurayb prison. The raped woman prisoner was originally arrested by the US aggressors in December 2003. She was released at the beginning of May 2004. The woman giving the testimony, the sister of the victim, said, âUS forces raided my sisterâs house in Baghdad to arrest her husband. When they found he wasnât there, they arrested her. My brother-in-law went and gave himself up to the Americans who then detained both of them." The woman said that her sister told her, âthey led me to a cell and I saw my husband chained to the bars. An American soldier pulled my hair so as to raise my head to look at him as they stripped my clothes off. ... an American soldier raped me several times in front of my husband." ... One Iraqi woman, formerly a prisoner in Abu Ghurayb, told of how she was raped by three Iraqi stooges of the occupation in the prison, the reason being that she was a member of the Arab Socialist Baâth Party. The woman said that when she tried to frighten one of her attackers with the thought of Godâs retribution, telling him that it was not right to do this to fellow countrymen, the man replied, âmaybe this will atone for the sin that you committed against al-Husayn.â (Al-Husayn ibn âAli, a revered figure among Shiâi Muslims...) .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #6 "Then she told me how members of the Iraqi puppet police raped her 17 times in one day under the gaze of the American soldiers." Maybe the "guy" Rantburgers would miss this one. Trust me--if a woman was raped "17 times" she would have lost count. "17" is such an "exact" number . . . makes a good story, though. "Under the gaze of . . . ." plays to the "humiliation" thing--designed to evoke a mental picture. "Muhammad Dahham al-Muhammad, Chairman of the Federation of Prisoners and Detainees, is preparing affidavits collected by his work team from former women prisoners or their relatives." Affidavits from these people, who know next to nothing about the Rule of Law, or "stories" from their relatives, and "eyewitnesses" amount to nothing. Cyber Sarge: I think the American and European press are trying to get the Moslems stirred up in order to push the election Kerry's direction. "The whole world" is against Bush! Too bad they don't realize they're playing with fire. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-06-01 2:51:06 PM |
| #5 At first glance this sounds like the Iraqis did the raping âunder the gaze of the American soldiers.â This is because they canât disprove âIraqis Stoogesâ because of course they would lie. Not like the truthful spouting Socialist Baâth Party, which is a continual source of accurate information before and after the war. Hell according to them they thought that this prison was some sort of country club that people liked so much they didnât want to leave. Does this make it a solid 45 days of Abu-Grab Ass being in the news? Time for the âpressâ to give this s rest! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-01 12:53:04 PM |
| #4 I'll bet they got pictures too. Got them from the Boston Globe. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-01 10:08:31 AM |
| #3 Sacre bleu! Perhaps Mr Kerry can rescue us from our plight into eternal damnation. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-06-01 8:28:45 AM |
| #2 Note the lack of reporting on what happens in Arab prisons. Or, hell, French prisons. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-01 8:18:23 AM |
| #1 Note the use of 'stooges', 'aggressors' and 'puppet'. Treat with extreme scepticism! |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-01 5:21:16 AM |