troublemaker
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Wed Jun-30-04 01:28 AM
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Absolutely *insane* Iraq story; US raids Iraqi prison to stop abuse |
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Edited on Wed Jun-30-04 01:30 AM by troublemaker
Highest *WTF!?* quotient of any news story I've read in weeks and one that might not get much play in US media, so I've dragged this into GD because it's just too amazing to miss... and unlike most news stories it has an honest-to-god punch-line!
(rawstory's original post in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x655065)American military police yesterday raided a building belonging to the Iraqi ministry of the interior where prisoners were allegedly being physically abused by Iraqi interrogators. The raid appeared to be a violation of the country's new sovereignty, leading to angry scenes inside the ministry between Iraqi policemen and US soldiers.
The military police, who had been told of abuse, seized an area known as the Guesthouse just outside the ministry's main building. They disarmed the Iraqi policemen and at one stage threatened to set free prisoners whose handcuffs they removed, according to Iraqi officials...
...Nashwan Ali - who said his nickname was Big Man - said: "A US MP asked me this morning what police division I was in. I said I was in criminal intelligence.
"The American asked me why we had beaten the prisoners. I said we beat the prisoners because they are all bad people. But I told him we didn't strip them naked, photograph them or fuck them like you did."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1250526,00.html
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Wed Jun-30-04 01:33 AM
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OK that was what I was looking for , Now I can go to bed...LOL Awesome
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Wed Jun-30-04 01:34 AM
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:wow:
"The American asked me why we had beaten the prisoners. I said we beat the prisoners because they are all bad people. But I told him we didn't strip them naked, photograph them or fuck them like you did."
:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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Wed Jun-30-04 01:42 AM
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3. Iraq has come full circle but now |
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has America to blame for setting a bad example.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:57 AM
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4. Actually, it was a breach of contract issue |
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The Iraqi's violated the terms of their franchise agreement.
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Wed Jun-30-04 03:45 AM
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5. You have to love the clusterfrick of issues here. |
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In one stroke, we: 1) proved the meaninglessness of Iraqi "sovereignity"; 2) proved the emptiness of Iraqi "freedom from oppression"; 3) proved we've lost the moral high ground needed to call anyone else on the carpet.
All we need now is to find out Osama was passing through town that day and they missed the chance to catch him 'cuz of this raid, and the administration's got a Full FUBAR House.
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Wed Jun-30-04 10:37 AM
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6. Yeah, it's so perfect it's almost a parable |
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Wed Jun-30-04 10:40 AM
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7. One Hardly Knows Where To Begin |
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Even "The Onion" could not make this up. It may be time to declare officially that satire is no longer possible on the subject....
"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"
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Wed Jun-30-04 10:42 AM
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