CENTCOM: DETAINEE DIES IN AID STATION

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050713.txt

July 23, 2005
Release Number: 05-07-13


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


DETAINEE DIES IN AID STATION

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq-- A male Iraqi detainee who was originally captured July 10 and suspected of terrorist activity died July 22 at the aid station here.

A guard discovered the detainee in his cell July 22, unresponsive and breathing shallowly. The guard immediately summoned medical assistance and the detainee was transported by ambulance from the detention facility to the aid station, where he later died.

A thorough investigation will be conducted to determine the circumstances surrounding his death.

The remains will be transferred to the family upon completion of an autopsy. This is standing procedure for all detainees who die while in custody of the Multi-National Force.

For more information, contact Multi-National Force-West public affairs at mnfwcepaowo@cemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil.

until a more convenient time for the military to announce his death (after the stories were straight)

Sorry, but if you lie about torture, deny torture in the face of photographic evidence, and then work hard at covering up more torture, your every move is now suspect.

And the military only has itself to blame for that.

where the first thought is cover-up/abuse. But I'm with you - it was my first thought.

It is sad that we can't trust anything anymore.

It's a damn shame.
:cry:

(but it can't last forever, right? Keep hope alive...)

What that crowd has done to the soul of America is criminal.

It is sad, you're right - after all that's happened, "cover-up" is where my mind goes instantly.

I must still have hope, this morning I posted this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4173200#4174254

My country means too much to me to allow such wrongs to go unpunished.

It's the assholes who call us anti-American who keep me remembering what a great country this SHOULD be and why it worth opposing the traitors and torturers.

Here's to hope!

:toast:

btw - kicked and nominated your thread!

and my hurt comes out as anger...it's the anger that keeps you going- that offers up a buffer from the pain. Today though, the pain of seeing America sink so low has gotten the better of me.

no wonder they can't allow those torture pictures out. It would show how they killed this man also. :grr: