U.S. colonel admits holding Iraqi teens; Fresh torture charges

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U.S. colonel admits holding Iraqi teens; Fresh torture charges

By John Byrne| RAW STORY EDITOR

The US army admitted Monday for the first time to having detained adolescents in its prisons in Iraq, according to a German press report.
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The Iraqi adolescents are held in the prisons of Abu Ghraib and"Camp Bucca” and the length of their average imprisonment is half a year, Johnson said.
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Quoting sources from the International Red Cross and the UN Children’s Fund, the “Report Mainz” reported on July 5 that US troops had detained Iraqi adolescents for so-called anti-occupation activities and often mistreated them. The German chapter of the Amnesty International hascalled for an independent investigation into the allegations of torturing Iraqi adolescents by American soldiers. UNICEF refused to go on the record publicly, saying that they fear for the safety of their workers in Iraq.
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On the earlier program, they quoted U.S. Sergeant Samuel Provance about the torture of a 16-year-old.


“He was full of fear, very alone. He had the thinnest little arms that I have ever seen. His whole body shook. His wrists were so thin that we could not put handcuffs on him. As soon as I saw him for the first time and led him to the interrogation, I felt sorry for him. The interrogation specialists doused him with water and put him in a truck. Then they drove with him throughout the night, and at that time it was very, very cold. Then they smeared him with mud and showed him to his likewise imprisoned father. With him they had tried out other interrogation methods. But they had not succeeded in making him talk. The interrogation specialists told me that after the father had seen his son in that condition, it broke his heart. He wept and promised to tell them what they wanted to know.”
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[LiberalVoice]

1. This disgust me more then anything I have heard yet!

If I saw those soldiers walking down the street I would spit in their faces. Fuckin pieces of shit...

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. That would play into their hands - can I suggest a war crimes trial

..instead?


SHOVE IT! - Drop Bush Not Bombs! - Hero Kerry AWOL Bush
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[LiberalVoice]

6. Play into who's hands...?

Anyone that thinks those soldiers don't deserve that kind of disrespect can kiss my ass. The repugs will stick up for them saying "they are good wholesome Americans" and they can eat shit.

I understand your point of course and they should be found in front of a war crimes court...but if they get away with it here in Amerika they deserve whatever criticism they get on the street.

[InkAddict]

4. They probably just didn't have access to

the best combat stress mental health professionals--the best ones were all over at GITMO, refereeing the sharing of refrigerators at Camp America.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=681549#682109

[LiberalFighter]

3. These are the best and brightest of our troops?

I sure as hell won't support anyone in the military that supports, condones or performs those type of activities.

They are no better than Saddam.

[DulceDecorum]

7. Actually, Saddam was better

Not good,
just not as bad.
Saddam also understood Arabic so he had no need to torture peopple until they confessed in English. Or died.

Plus Saddam appears to have had only Iraqi citizenship.
Iyad Allawi is a British citizen who emigrated from Iraq.
Allawi was playing snookums with Blair
before all this began
and he will probably be knighted for his services to the crown,
before it is all over.

[w4rma]

5. Bush has to go. We Americans cannot allow these wicked acts to continue.

These acts will end on January 20th because Bush will lose the election a second time on November 2nd.

[Moderator]

8. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=709749