Experts: 9/11 Vengeance Fed Iraq Abuse

Experts: 9/11 Vengeance Fed Iraq Abuse
DAVID CRARY
Associated Press

NEW YORK - As U.S. forces surged through the desert to topple Saddam Hussein, slogans and symbols referring to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made clear that a spirit of anti-terrorism vengeance infused the ranks.

"Let's Roll" was a common battle cry, evoking the defiant passengers aboard one of the planes hijacked in those attacks. Soldiers displayed flags from Ground Zero and images of the World Center's twin towers.

More than a year after Saddam's ouster, no proof of his ties to Al Qaida or Sept. 11 has materialized. Some skeptics suggest that the avenging rhetoric and imagery instead may have fostered an atmosphere conducive to the maltreatment of Iraqis who had no connection whatever to international terrorism.

Curt Goering, deputy executive director of Amnesty International-USA, said the Bush administration bears some responsibility for blurring the lines between Sept. 11 and the Iraq war.

"The tone that was set, all the way to the top, and the climate in which these soldiers operated was an invitation to this kind of abuse," Goering said. "Governments have the obligation to take appropriate steps to protect their citizens, but they have to take these in a manner consistent with respect for fundamental human rights."

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/8641162.htm?1c

Silly me....

It's up to our "leadership" who is supposed to not let us invade a country for no reason.

That's the freaking problem.

Oh, and anyone else see the irony of the name of the executive of Amnesty International -- Goering -- and the subject being propaganda?

They'll take revenge of the Americans' torture by bombing Brazil! Yikes!

Totally disgusting, but I heard it over and over when they interviewed the troops -- they felt Iraq was all about 9/11.

What is going to happen now? They've been lied to and betrayed . . .



http://www.wgoeshome.com

the units at Abu Ghraib prison were named after victims of the September 11th attack. Why? If it was not to manipulate the emotions of the soldiers?

"Away from the Hard Site on the other side of the prison, the 870th oversaw one of eight tent cities where the remaining detainees were kept. Each was called a Ganci City, named for Peter Ganci, a National Guardsman and firefighter who died in the World Trade Center collapse."

http://www.theargusonline.com/Stories/0,1413,83~1968~2128081,00.html

It makes my blood boil just to think about it!

IS THAT IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SEPTEMBER 11th

oh my, what a doozy...

eom

all of which could have been prevented.

is the raLLying cry for freepers.

>More than a year after Saddam's ouster, no proof of his ties to Al Qaida or Sept. 11 has materialized. <

this is what the false run-up to the illegal invasion has wrought. bush should be court martialed.

The one where they buried a piece of WTC debris in Afghanistan, then recited: ""We will export death and violence to the four corners of the Earth in defense of our great nation."

Not Afghanistan. The whole world! So all this is perfectly consistent with that mindset.