Shlonkom Bakazay?

HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST BEFORE SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE IS FIRED or RESIGNS?

THANKS TO SCOTT LINDLAW AND TERRANCE HUNT OF AP, I HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SCREAM ABOUT. SO, WHAT IS TORTURE MR. BUSH? DONALD RUMSFAILED? JUSTICE-LESS DEPARTMENT'S JOHN "HOLY EAGLE MUNCHER" ASHCROTCH? (SEE HOW LOW YOU'VE MADE ME SINK??? I'M CALLING YOU NAMES.) WAY TO GO, WAY TO DUMB IT DOWN AND TWIST IT UP INTO MORE LIES AND DECEIT. I AM OUTRAGED BY THE LACK OF ACCEPTENCE AND POLITICAL COVER-UP GOING ON...THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL HERE. INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE TO THIS DEGREE WILL NOT SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THAT THOSE IN CERTAIN CIRCLES WISH (OR WISH NOT) TO SOLVE. READ AND WEEP. SCREAM AND CURSE. I'LL PUT UP moreHYPERLINKS LATER.*

First, let's take a look at a part of the Taguba Report on the prisoner abuse scandal that is not just concerning Abu Ghraib, mind you.

(S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts:

a. (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet;
b. (S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;
c. (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing;
d. (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time;
e. (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear;
f. (S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped;
g. (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;
h. (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate electric torture;
i. (S) Writing “I am a Rapest” (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then photographing him naked;
j. (S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee’s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture;
k. (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;
l. (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee;
m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees. (ANNEXES 25 and 26)

7. (U) These findings are amply supported by written confessions provided by several of the suspects, written statements provided by detainees, and witness statements. In reaching my findings, I have carefully considered the pre-existing statements of the following witnesses and suspects (ANNEX 26): a. (U) SPC Jeremy Sivits, 372nd MP Company - Suspect
b. (U) SPC Sabrina Harman, 372nd MP Company – Suspect
c. (U) SGT Javal S. Davis, 372nd MP Company - Suspect c. (U) PFC Lynndie R. England, 372nd MP Company - Suspect
d. (U) Adel Nakhla, Civilian Translator, Titan Corp., Assigned to the 205th MI Brigade- Suspect
e. (U) SPC Joseph M. Darby, 372nd MP Company
f. (U) SGT Neil A. Wallin, 109th Area Support Medical Battalion
g (U) SGT Samuel Jefferson Provance, 302nd MI Battalion
h (U) Torin S. Nelson, Contractor, Titan Corp., Assigned to the 205th MI Brigade
j. (U) CPL Matthew Scott Bolanger, 372nd MP Company
k. (U) SPC Mathew C. Wisdom, 372nd MP Company
l. (U) SSG Reuben R. Layton, Medic, 109th Medical Detachment
m. (U) SPC John V. Polak, 229th MP Company

-Now today's news:
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush claimed the right to waive anti-torture laws and treaties covering prisoners of war after the invasion of Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized guards to strip detainees and threaten them with dogs, according to documents released Tuesday.

The documents were handed out at the White House in an effort to blunt allegations that the administration had authorized torture against al-Qaida prisoners from Afghanistan and Iraq. ``I have never ordered torture,'' Bush said a few hours before the release.

The Justice Department, meanwhile, disavowed a memo written in 2002 that appeared to justify the use of torture in the war on terror. The memo also argued that the president's wartime powers superseded anti-torture laws and treaties.

That 50-page document, dated Aug. 1, 2002, will be replaced, senior Justice Department officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A new memo will instead narrowly address the question of proper interrogation techniques for al-Qaida and Taliban detainees, the officials said, citing department policy for requesting anonymity on their comments.

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THEN THE ARTICLE CONTINUES...(I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THE WHOLE THING NOW, AND I COULD PAR IT DOWN A BIT LATER ON.)

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TERRANCE HUNT GIVES US EVEN MORE IN HIS ARTICLE

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Rumsfeld's Nov. 27, 2002, memo approved several methods which apparently would violate Geneva Convention rules, including:


-Putting detainees in "stress positions," such as standing, for up to four hours.


-Removing prisoners' clothes.


-Intimidating detainees with dogs.


-Interrogating prisoners for 20 hours at a time.


-Forcing prisoners to wear hoods during interrogations and transportation.


-Shaving detainees' heads and beards.


-Using "mild, non-injurious physical contact," such as poking.


Prisoners at Abu Ghraib were interrogated for as long as 20 hours at a time, kept hooded and naked, intimidated with dogs and forcibly shaved. Bush and other administration officials have said other treatment at the Iraqi prison, such as forcing prisoners to perform sex acts, beating them and piling them in a naked human pyramid, were unquestionably illegal.

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LINDLAW'S CONT...

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At the Justice Department, senior officials said that the 50-page memo issued to the White House on Aug. 1, 2002, would be repudiated and replaced because it contained what they called overbroad and irrelevant advice.



The memo, signed by former assistant attorney general Jay Bybee, included lengthy sections that appeared to justify use of torture in the war on terrorism and it contended that U.S. personnel could be immune from prosecution for torture. The memo also argued that the president's powers as commander in chief allow him to override U.S. laws and international treaties banning torture.



Critics on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have said that memo provided the legal underpinnings for subsequent abuses of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq.



Reacting to the White House release, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, accused the administration of continuing to withhold information.



``Though this is a self-serving selection, at least it is a beginning,'' Leahy said. ``But for the Judiciary Committee and the Senate to find the whole truth, we will need much more cooperation and extensive hearings.''



Associated Press writers Curt Anderson, Robert Burns and Scott Lindlaw contributed to this article.


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ACCORDING TO BUSH'S FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, "FROZEN FRENCH FRIES ARE A FRESH VEGETABLE" AND KETCHUP IS TOO...SO, LOGICALLY, YOU'D THINK THAT THESE THINGS WOULD BE TORTURE IF IT WERE STRETCHED (IN NEOCONS EYES...IN THE SAME DIRECTION). INSTEAD, LOGIC IS DEFEATED ONCE AGAIN BY THOSE 5-THUMBED MONSTERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DEFENSE and JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS. WHY DON'T PEOPLE IN THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS CALL PEOPLE OUT AND HOLD SOME HIGHER-UPS ACCOUNTABLE?

WELL, the following is an example of that happening.

READ "IMPERIAL HUBRIS". IT'S A NEW BOOK BY >>ANONYMOUS<< (WHO INDCIDENTALLY WORKS FOR THE CIA, NOT THE PUPPET PM, MIND YOU) SAYING WE ARE LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORISM. I BELIEVE IT'S OUT IN STORES on JULY 15.


AGAIN, HYPER LINKS UP LATER. AND CAPS DOWN. I'M JUST LAZY TO DO IT NOW. more later....RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! W H A T I S T O R T U R E Y O U A N I M A L S ? ? ?