U.S. tells Iraq it will not tolerate prisoner abuse

[sabra]

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/18/worldupdates/2005-11-17T215345Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-223987-1&sec=Worldupdates

U.S. tells Iraq it will not tolerate prisoner abuse

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy told Iraq on Thursday it would not tolerate abuse of detainees or the involvement of militias in detentions, stepping up pressure on the government following revelations of a secret prison bunker.

"We have made clear to the Iraqi government that there must not be militia or sectarian control of Iraqi security forces, facilities or ministries," senior embassy spokesman Jim Bullock told reporters in Baghdad, reading out a statement.

"We do not tolerate any abuse of detainees in Iraq. Even one case is too much anywhere ... the Iraqi government must take measures to ensure this kind of thing does not happen again."

U.S. forces this week discovered a bunker near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad where more than 170 prisoners were being held, many of them malnourished, beaten or even tortured.

Meanwhile Cheney holds secret meetings to lobby for exemptions for the US?

[wtmusic]

1. My irony meter just exploded

and I have no idea where to get one of these things fixed...

[htuttle]

5. I found an old surplus Soviet irony meter -- works great -- very durable!

I doubt anything else would hold up nowdays.

[cliss]

11. Same here.

I had to go back and re-read that text...."the U.S. WILL NOT tolerate Iraqis doing any torture..."

OMG....this proves it. We've slipped over to the Dark Side.

I just read an article in the latest Time magazine. There was an article about Cheney and his problems. Cheney had said, "We need to be a little bit on the Dark Side". As I drove home, I couldn't get that comment out of my mind.

[saigon68]

18. DON'T DO AS WE DO !!!!!!!!

[BattyDem]

21. I know what you mean, LOL!

[keta11]

2. Dont they know its only the U.S. that is allowed to

torture? Who do these Stupid Eye-raqis think they are?

[meganmonkey]

3. I bet the person who wrote that headline

is having seizures right now. I practically am, just reading it

:freak:

[SharonRB]

4. How stupid do they think we are?

They can do it, but the Iraqis can't? Give me a break.

:hi: Megan

[meganmonkey]

9. I think I am getting stupider by the day

It's easier to be dumb :P

Hi Sharon!! :pals:

[alkaline9]

6. sounds to me like they are trying to pass the buck...

...no no no, we didn't torture anyone, must have been those Iraqis that tortured, we just observed in horror

[davidinalameda]

7. pardon my french

but what utter bullshit

:puke:

[xxqqqzme]

8. what??? are we jealous?

or just pissed that they kept it hidden so well?

[BJW]

10. wink wink nod nod--say no more, say no more.

[Critters2]

16. Prisoner abuse is strongly prohibited

but is encouraged nonetheless

;-)

[endarkenment]

12. We have the franchise on torture and we sold exclusive rights to

Haliburton. So obviously we have to protect that arrangement.

[AValdoux]

13. Its official now

They have given up on rational people and are only concerned with the die hard 30%. The statements they are making are so hypocritical that they make no sense to anyone who is aware of the facts the rest of the world is getting. The official statements are only for their delusional hardcore constituents who get all their news from Fox.

If they can hold that 30% until they come up with another issue like gay marriage to get the ill-informed to the polls, they will pull it off again.


AValdoux

[madmark]

14. I thought the admin wanted the right to treat prisoners without

constraint by the Geneva conventions; but acts with moral repugnance when the new Iraqi gov (the US installed) does the same?

[Az_lefty]

15. I'm sure their taking our threats seriously...

:sarcasm:

[redqueen]

17. Do as we say, not as we do.

Yeah, we'll see how that works out. :eyes:

[Spazito]

19. All I can do on reading this GROSS hypocrisy is....

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

[acmavm]

20. I doubt that it was Dickhead Cheney who said it though. My first reaction

was to laugh. Then it dawned on me what and who I was laughing about and that really depresses me.

The criminals in Washington have made my poor country a moral and fiscal bankrupt.

[KansDem]

22. Nice try...

...won't fly.

[David__77]

23. The U.S. wants to keep a monopoly on torture.

They're very upset that their puppets are trying to muscle into their market.

By the way, why was Sen. McCain "tortured," but the Iraqis are "abused?" It's a simple propagandistic word-play. I think everyone here know this--I just wanted to reiterate it.

[Romigi]

24. OOOO, I bet they really give a shit what we think eom

[coalition_unwilling]

25. The Negroponte Connection?

It has been reliably reported in MSM that the security staff (aka "torturers") at the facility were probably members of Badr Brigade, although facility was nominally Interior Ministry.

Given that the abuses probably started awhile back, I'm wondering if Negroponte might have played a direct role in helping set it up, given his experience with death squads in the '80's.

Just a thought

[Redstone]

26. I. Can't. Fucking. Stand. Much. More.

I just can't.

No, no, wait a minute, I'm OK now. I just remembered that the Emperor said "we don't torture." So I guess it's just peachy for us to tell them eye-rackys they can't do it.

While we're at it, let's tell them they have to have fair and honest elections, have universal healthcare, be ready to take care of their people after natural disasters, and above all, we need to tell them thay can't start wars with other countries that didn't do anything to them!!

Hey, we have the moral high ground on all that stuff, right?

Redstone

[PATRICK]

27. In translation in Arabic

did they preface each sentence with "From now on, if possible" or after tolerate "if reports get out"? Or "no kidding we really mean it, we are getting a lot of flack right now." Or "you know what I mean, wink wink."

[daleo]

28. I seem to have stumbled across an Onion headline again.

That happens more often these days...

[DFWJock]

29. Nor will we tolerate

you liberating our country.

[Disturbed]

30. The Iraqi Govt., the new Democracy in the ME

is off to a great start as an example to the world.

[Solly Mack]

31. Since when? Worried about the competition?

Are the Iraqis doing it for free and driving the price down? Is that what the US won't tolerate?

Cause torture is as American as apple pie.

[KennedyGuy]

32. Pot...Meet Kettle