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2006-12-16 Home Front: WoT

Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees

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Posted by .com 2006-12-16 00:49|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Exercise yards were divided up into a series of ~~one-muzz~~ one-man pens.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-16 05:43|| 2006-12-16 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Good. Now make sure that the prisioners are not able to talk to each other through the wire fencing by leaving too much space between occupied "Yards", or staggering exercise periods, or both.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-16 08:15|| 2006-12-16 08:15|| Front Page Top

#3 NYT handwringing. Let them take a cup of feces, urine and semen in the face....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-16 08:23|| 2006-12-16 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Or you could just hang them.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-16 08:40|| 2006-12-16 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Officials said the shift reflected the militarys analysis after a series of hunger strikes, a riot last May and three suicides by detainees in June that earlier efforts to ease restrictions on the detainees had gone too far.

Sow, reap! Cause and effect feedback loops are a wonderful thing when they function properly.

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-12-16 09:16|| 2006-12-16 09:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Let them loose into Castro's Cuba! They can run across what many experts believe is the most heavily mined piece of land in the world.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-16 09:19|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-12-16 09:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Ahem, heavily mined as in land mines for you environmental geeks.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-16 09:20|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-12-16 09:20|| Front Page Top

#8 I assume everyone knows that the Marine on the left is JerseyMikes little bruder. Definitely someone I want on my side in any sort of tense social situation.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-16 09:25|| 2006-12-16 09:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Red-flag: the military wouldn't be doing that unless they either have reason to suspect or already know that the new policies that the President is due to announce in early January, involve opening multiple cans of kick-ass.

Again, investigative detentions - similar to what is allowed on US soil under the "Terry" decision of the Supreme Court - will produce intelligence necessary to eliminate terror cells in Baghdad first, then elsewhere. Good intelligence, achieved with the assistance of Iraqis, will enable pre-emption of terrorism. As it is, Iraqization is a distant dream unless local troops have reason to believe that terrorists fear them.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-16 09:27|| 2006-12-16 09:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Clarification of #9: the process I propose involves snatching a couple of hundred Iraqis off the street, taking them to a detention center, and assuming that carrot and stick tactics will cause at least a few to inform on terror masters. Everybody knows something. Anyone can be squeezed.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-16 09:32|| 2006-12-16 09:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Thank God for Adm. Harris. Some common sense finally comes to the fore. Only one thing to change. If the bastards refuse to eat, let them expire. Just dispose quietly at sea. No mention of it anywhere.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-16 11:28|| 2006-12-16 11:28|| Front Page Top

#12 son of a whore fag redneck, people like you we THE AMERICAN PEOPLE call scum and there is not place in this country to shit like you. poster of this racist scum rantburg crap yor site will be reported

Posted by rednecktrasher 2006-12-16 14:15|| 2006-12-16 14:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Boris where ya been Babe?

Posted by The Mossad 2006-12-16 14:35|| 2006-12-16 14:35|| Front Page Top

#14 #12 - Redneck Trasher
Gee, , is it just me or does the composition of the opening sentence tell all it needs to say about the ethnic origins of your thought patterns? I'm from the South by birth, and you just don't sound like any bubba or joe 6-pack I know.
If the story and comments offend you........ get used to it! Your ability to sneack under the radar in our society and your abuse of our tolerance is about over faisal, warm up your direct connect line to CAIR, 'cause America is fast becoming an unfriendly place for ya!

Posted by JustAboutEnough">JustAboutEnough 2006-12-16 15:11|| 2006-12-16 15:11|| Front Page Top

#15 ...sneak....
I hate it when that happens!

Posted by JustAboutEnough">JustAboutEnough 2006-12-16 15:12|| 2006-12-16 15:12|| Front Page Top

#16 Hoooo-kaaaaaayyy .....

Open season on the chew toy!

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-16 15:20|| 2006-12-16 15:20|| Front Page Top

#17 Save this one for a newbie troll-hunter. Too easy for the local trained killers.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-16 15:23|| 2006-12-16 15:23|| Front Page Top

#18 What this change in policy also reflects is the legislation passed by Congress and used by a Clinton district court judge to dismiss a case brought by Gitmo detainees because they do not have standing in U. S. courts. I'd expect that every case they lose will result in another tightening of the screws. Ironically, this is one of the areas where the donks (aka Hillary) could tighten up the GWOT ROE because the trunks would not side with the Terrs for partisan advantage the way the donks do.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-16 15:35|| 2006-12-16 15:35|| Front Page Top

#19 i like rednecktrasher's purty lips.

Posted by RD 2006-12-16 16:00|| 2006-12-16 16:00|| Front Page Top

#20 son of a whore fag redneck

English yo' second language, boy? Reckon they don't teach spellin' or punctuation in them California schools no more.

people like you we THE AMERICAN PEOPLE call scum

Ah think you mispelled 'Pakistani', knothead.

and there is not place in this country to shit like you. poster of this racist scum rantburg crap yor site will be reported

Reported to who? The UN? Come back when yer coherent.

Posted by Pappy 2006-12-16 16:12|| 2006-12-16 16:12|| Front Page Top

#21 Aw, Pappy, you went and squished it.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-16 17:11|| 2006-12-16 17:11|| Front Page Top

#22 "Come back when yer coherent."

If ever.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-12-16 17:14|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-12-16 17:14|| Front Page Top

#23 Give Abdul a break. He just out of Gitmo, strapped on the fan belts real tight and decided to for a drive on the internet. Can't expect a muzzie playa to type coherent sentences after 5 years of regularly drinking his own piss and semen (otherwise known as an Arab martini).

Posted by ed 2006-12-16 17:33|| 2006-12-16 17:33|| Front Page Top

#24 I live in a small very southern town and most people I talk to couldnt give a rats ass about people in G-Bay by the Sea. In fact, most seem to feel that its a waste of our money and that 9 grams of lead is a more cost effective way of dealing with Islamic whack jobs.

But what do we know were just dumb redneck infidels. Who don't like to be told what to and how to act.

Posted by SCpatriot 2006-12-16 17:53|| 2006-12-16 17:53|| Front Page Top

#25 I dont think there is such a thing as a medium-security terrorist.

Always a pleasure to see common sense take hold.

strapped on the fan belts real tight

That one's a keeper, ed.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-16 17:57|| 2006-12-16 17:57|| Front Page Top

#26 "most seem to feel that its a waste of our money and that 9 grams of lead is a more cost effective way of dealing with Islamic whack jobs."

Yip-per. Funny you mention it, the law of war permits it. (I mean real, actual, binding law, not the candyland agitprop the UN/NGOs/EU/MSM/etc. are always whining about.) Two categories of persons are explicitly not protected: spies and terrorists. Nation of origin doesn't have to claim them, and nation of capture doesn't have to say what they do with em.

Maybe one of these days, we'll quit worrying about whether these little princesses can feel the pea under the mattress, and stick to only the bare minimum obligations.

Maybe one of these days, we won't be able to afford much more than that.

Posted by exJAG 2006-12-16 19:00|| 2006-12-16 19:00|| Front Page Top

#27 strapped on the fan belts real tight

It sounds picturesque, but I'd understand the metaphor a lot better if I knew what that meant. I didn't know my ceiling fan had a belt...

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-16 19:10|| 2006-12-16 19:10|| Front Page Top

#28 ridniktrshr: It's nice when ur allowed to communicate with the world isn't it? I suggest you learn English before you try it again. In the meantime just howl continuously as the carers are busy so busy almost constantly busy with, ahem your type! and its so annoying when the limbs you cant control cause you to thrash out of your cradle.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-12-16 19:18|| 2006-12-16 19:18|| Front Page Top

#29 tw, next time you see a picture of a Saudi look at what holds his kaffia on his head. Looks like a fan belt off a 54 Oldsmobile.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-12-16 19:24|| 2006-12-16 19:24|| Front Page Top

#30 Thank you, Deacon Blues. That makes more sense than being connected to a ceiling fan.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-16 19:37|| 2006-12-16 19:37|| Front Page Top

#31 no IP for that trash-talking butt-pirate-bait bitch?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-16 19:58|| 2006-12-16 19:58|| Front Page Top

#32 IP shows up as L.A.. I think that it's our San Jose troll, tho.

Posted by Pappy 2006-12-16 20:50|| 2006-12-16 20:50|| Front Page Top

#33 tw, automotive components that are powered from the engine's crankshaft usually are connected by tensioned belts, often called "fan belts". When stringing these belts between the various pulleys (i.e., A/C, alternator, water pump, etc.), it is critical to leave a small amount of slack to account for thermal expansion and to prevent off-axis torsion of the bearings that support the axles of those pullies. Over-tightening the belts will actually load those bearings causing excessive friction and premature failure.

This slang is probably akin to our usual round of "over-torqued turbans" and such.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-16 20:54|| 2006-12-16 20:54|| Front Page Top

#34 I dont think there is such a thing as a medium-security terrorist.

It's almost as if Admiral Harris reads the 'burg. I'd have loved to have seen the MSM's faces when he said that 'un. Borderline snark of the day for me.

IP shows up as L.A.. I think that it's our San Jose troll, tho.

Jeebus, Pappy...I immediately thought you meant the "redneck" L.A. (Lower Alabama). But, then I saw your thought on San Jose and all's well. I was'a wonderin' how that troll would survive in Lower Alabama, lol!

Posted by BA 2006-12-16 21:46|| 2006-12-16 21:46|| Front Page Top

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