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NEW Abu Ghraib Pictures ( They Shall Be Released )

 
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igotthisguitar



Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:13 am    Post subject: NEW Abu Ghraib Pictures ( They Shall Be Released ) Reply with quote

They Shall Be Released
Ari Berman
Mon Aug 22,10:10 AM ET

The Nation -- There's a new batch of photos from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, and these are reportedly far worse than the sickening originals.

Naturally, the Pentagon is trying to block their release.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/1315546;_ylt=AspVmfTLuCDn28wfdLQKHFIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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Alias



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately I'm not into gay porn so I'll give them a pass.
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was especially mesmerised by this quote ....

"The Pentagon originally argued that releasing the images would violate the Geneva Convention rights of the detainees; a supreme irony considering that the US originally denied these very prisoners Geneva Convention protections"
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Butterfly



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wangja wrote:
I was especially mesmerised by this quote ....

"The Pentagon originally argued that releasing the images would violate the Geneva Convention rights of the detainees; a supreme irony considering that the US originally denied these very prisoners Geneva Convention protections"


Yes that one rather caught my eye as well.
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On the other hand



Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Wangja wrote:
I was especially mesmerised by this quote ....

"The Pentagon originally argued that releasing the images would violate the Geneva Convention rights of the detainees; a supreme irony considering that the US originally denied these very prisoners Geneva Convention protections"


Yes that one rather caught my eye as well.


Kinda like a serial killer asking not to be put on trial so as to save his victims' families any further grief.
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems to me that invading Geneva could solve a lot of problems.
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dulouz



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks like another wave of internation left wing arousal is on its way.
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Wangja



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So only the "international left wing" objects to abuse of prisoners?

I am sure that some of the Christian US right wing also do not condone it. Or am I wrong?
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey now, Dulouz isn't really anti-left-wing so much as he is pro-degradation and sadism. It's a genetic thing, combined with a lack of proper nurturing as a child- not really his fault at all.
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the other hand wrote:
Quote:
Wangja wrote:
I was especially mesmerised by this quote ....

"The Pentagon originally argued that releasing the images would violate the Geneva Convention rights of the detainees; a supreme irony considering that the US originally denied these very prisoners Geneva Convention protections"


Yes that one rather caught my eye as well.


Kinda like a serial killer asking not to be put on trial so as to save his victims' families any further grief.


Except that serial killers target innocents.

While the US has to maintain a higher standard and so the US ought not to do what those pictures show.
But would I be sorry that a Bathist or Al Qaida fighter had their human rights violated - No.

I am sorry that the US was involved , I don't want the US to be involved in anyway, but I am not upset if an Al Qaida fighter or a Bathist suffers.

I am sorry the US did it. I am more sorry the US was caught and I am not at all sorry that any insurgents or Al Qaida fighters suffered.

Of course anyone who is really against torture would want all the Bathist , Khomeni lovers and Bin Laden followers out of the world as soon as possible. Gettng rid of them would stop more torture than anything else.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bulsajo wrote:
It seems to me that invading Geneva could solve a lot of problems.


Actually I do believe US senator Jesse Helms called for as much recently. I believe during the whole "Americans should not be subject to trials at the world court for war crimes but we don't mind if brown people are put on trial" debate, Helms demanded congress pass a law that basically said if an American was ever put on trial before the world court, it would automatically trigger a law compelling the US government to invade The Hague.
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The international court would become a travesty and a disgrace like the UN Human rights commission is. The US would also be subjected to an endless onslaught of frivolous politically motivated prosecutions from 3rd world dictatorships and left wing activists

Ir is also unlikely that judges who hailed from 3rd world police states would not be allowed to vote their conscience.
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