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2005-01-25 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi torture of prisoners seen as open secret

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-25 1:03:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh man do I feel sorry for those poor terrorists

Posted by legolas 2005-01-25 1:52:20 PM|| 2005-01-25 1:52:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think anyone's particularly surprised by this, not even HRW.

This is just too funny. When U.S. personnel engage in something that can only be called "torture" by really stretching the definition, HRW and their ilk squeal loud and long. When something much, much closer to torture is engaged in by non-Americans, the reaction is rather underwhelming.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-25 2:21:22 PM|| 2005-01-25 2:21:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is just too funny. When U.S. personnel engage in something that can only be called "torture" by really stretching the definition, HRW and their ilk squeal loud and long. When something much, much closer to torture is engaged in by non-Americans, the reaction is rather underwhelming.

The lefts all over this. At another site I visit, its "evil Allawi, another Saddam, this is just like Viet Nam, yadda, yadda"

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-01-25 3:05:07 PM|| 2005-01-25 3:05:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What? No mention of the humiliation of wymyn's lingerie on the head? Just mere beatings until they can't stand up.

Posted by GK 2005-01-25 6:20:33 PM|| 2005-01-25 6:20:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, make sure HRW brings this the next time they blow up a busload of Iraqi cops or a police station.

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-25 7:19:01 PM|| 2005-01-25 7:19:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 GK: What? No mention of the humiliation of wymyn's lingerie on the head? Just mere beatings until they can't stand up.

Methinks the holy warriors would be a lot happier if that were the only thing to happen to them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-01-25 9:42:32 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-01-25 9:42:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#7
Re #2 (Bomb-a-rama): When U.S. personnel engage in something that can only be called "torture" by really stretching the definition, HRW and their ilk squeal loud and long. When something much, much closer to torture is engaged in by non-Americans, the reaction is rather underwhelming.

The posted article says that "Human Rights Watch accused Iraqi security forces of committing systematic torture against detainees."
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-01-25 10:01:10 PM|| 2005-01-25 10:01:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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