Myers: Release Of Abu Ghraib Prison Photos Could Cause Riots

well, not a very good sounding self analysis...i wonder what's so bad that would cause riots...let's not forget this:

[align=left]Editor and Publisher/Greg Mitchell | July 26 2005[/align]

[align=left]NEW YORK So what is shown on the 87 photographs and four videos from Abu Ghraib prison that the Pentagon, in an eleventh hour move, blocked from release this weekend? One clue: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress last year, after viewing a large cache of unreleased images: "I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe.â?� They show acts "that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhumane," he added.[/align]




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Myers: Release Of Abu Ghraib Prison Photos Could Cause Riots


POSTED: 10:35 pm EDT August 12, 2005
UPDATED: 10:44 pm EDT August 12, 2005


NEW YORK -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warns that releasing photos and videotapes of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison could have serious consequences.

Gen. Richard Myers contends in recently unsealed court documents that the release of such information would aid al-Qaida recruitment, weaken governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and incite riots against U.S. troops.

The American Civil Liberties Union wants 87 photographs and four videotapes taken at the prison released as part of a lawsuit it filed in 2003.

The group is seeking information on the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody and about the transfer of prisoners to countries known to use torture.

"I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe.â?� They show acts "that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhumane," he added.

grrr that is disgusting....

This is the kind of crap that gets our soldiers killed in revenge! I would think THAT would concern you more Blue!

I find it all revolting...I find the fact that we do not adhere to the geneva conventions anymore one of the greatest dangers to our troops!

and tapes that Seymour Hersh has of child rape are horrifying...why don't we hear anyomre about them?

It is all disgraceful.

Hell, let them release the tapes, pics the whole shot. When yours comes home in a body bag maybe you'll have a lil' change in heart!! There are somethings left unsaid until the game is done.

Why is it the release of the photos that would cause the riots and not the abuse itself?

That's a logic I don't understand.

good question bhallgh2!

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Originally Posted by bhallg2k

Why is it the release of the photos that would cause the riots and not the abuse itself?

That's a logic I don't understand.

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The release of the abuse caused insurgent uprisings...now why in the hell would a "sound minded person" want to remind these folk of what happened in the past AGAIN? Didn't piss em' off enough the first time? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by BlueCat

good question bhallgh2!

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Wasn't really that hard to figure out! :rolleyes:

The fact that their were humans being tortured like animals just escapes you...You can not possibly condone the sodomy of a child?

The administration tried to sell us on the â??few rotten applesâ?� theory. Soon we were hearing about the fact that Bush had actually asked for a legal justification for avoiding the Geneva Conventions. This means that our President planned of course, the very torture he would have us believe was the actions of a few rotten apples. During the initial days of this controversy, we had the comparison of these acts to a â??fraternity hazingâ?� by noted right wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh. Considering how much drugs Mr. Limbaugh has done, I guess we can excuse such stupidity. However, at that same time we had some prominent republicans downplaying the torture. Tom Delay suggested folks were overreacting. Senator James Inhofe, was more â??outraged about the outrageâ?�, dismissing the barbaric tactics.

I want to make sure we do not lose sight of this scandal. This is a lot more than we have seen. This is more than Lynndie England. This is more than piling up naked prisoners and smiling for the cameras. Reports now are that US troops and translators sodomized and raped Iraqi prisoners. Not just adults either, reports are that teenage boys were also sodomized. Prisoners were urinated on. Handcuffed prisoners were tossed from moving cars. Prisoners were made to eat food that was infested with bugs. Some prisoners died as a result of the torture. One such death was the result of a man being forced to jump off a bridge into the Tigris River.

I wish the story ends there, as bad as this is, but it does not. This is because the allegations now, are that children were involved. Between January and May of this year, the Red Cross says that 107 children were registered as detainees. One story is that an interrogation of a 15-year-old girl had to be broken up, even though at that point she was half undressed. Another one says that a 16-year-old boy was doused with cold water, driven through the cold, smeared with mud and presented to his father, who immediately broke down. Reporter Seymour Hersh, who broke the initial scandal, has seen the sodomy of these young children on videotape and he recalls vividly, the shrieking of these boys as they were being violated.

This story is out there and is being reported in every country except ours. It takes a periodical like Rolling Stone to have the guts to print it in the US. Can you imagine the clamor there would be if this had happened under Clinton? There would be congressional hearings, daily press conferences, and of course, impeachment proceedings. It is the middle of an election year, three months before the election and what do we hear, silence. Where is our media? Why is this not the lead story on every channel until we get some answers to the allegations that we TORTURED, RAPED AND SODOMIZED CHILDREN! Where is the outrage! Where are the talking heads! Isnâ??t this an important enough story to get to the bottom of before we go to the polls? Is this what we have come to in America? That the rape of children is not newsworthy if it may shine negatively upon our President. Do we care anymore about who we are as a people and what we are supposed to stand for? It is bad enough that some would believe that democracy is a concept that must be forced upon people, reducing it to figurative and political rape. Do we really need to add physical rape on top of it, look the other way, and ignore the shrieks of these children?

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