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08-15-2005, 08:32 PM #1
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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.pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on . 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: Editor and Publisher/Greg Mitchell | July 26 2005 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, Rating: 5
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