Gulf War I POWs cite Abu Ghraib

http://www.thehill.com/news/051104/pows.aspx

Former American prisoners tortured by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the first Gulf War are criticizing the Bush administration for fighting their compensation claims while planning to compensate the Iraqi victims of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.

In a letter to Donald Rumsfeld, retired Lt. Col. Jeffrey Fox, one of 17 American Gulf War POWs, yesterday expressed “frustration and disbelief” at the secretary of defense’s testimony on the torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers.

Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that he is “seeking a way to provide appropriate compensation to those detainees who suffered such grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces. It’s the right thing to do.”

Rumsfeld also indicated the United States has the ability to compensate Iraqis and will do so “one way or another.”

but i can't seem to place the article right now. i wonder if this is their idea of compensation.

I can't believe the Koolaid Wing did not take care of the the 17 veterans that were tortured by Hussein. Here it comes.

...:wtf:

These people who sell their soul and
have no honor believe money is the answer to everything! Corrupt pieces of sh*t and their 40 pieces of silver!:puke:

drip, drip, drip...

I don't get this suing for being a POW.

...the Iraqi POWs are likewise ineligible for compensation due to the tortures? "Tough, that's war"?

I am going to hold any further comments pending a response.

Aaaaahhhhhh,...that "taste" of freedom.

As for Rummy talking about "compensation",...he might want to work all that shit out at home before pretending he can FIX it abroad!!! (asshole)

...remember in Godfather I, outside the wedding scene...Sonny abuses a camera man, smashes his camera on the ground and then tosses some bills at him. Great scene, but not great when it's Rummy rather than Sonny disdainfully tossing a couple of 20's.