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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 03:45 PM
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Who taught the Abu Ghraib soldiers their torture techniques?
Could it be... oh, I don't know... the PRIVATE CONTRACTORS???? (many of whom are former special forces)

Check out the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4919358-103550,00.html

"The sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was not an invention of maverick guards, but part of a system of ill-treatment and degradation used by special forces soldiers that is now being disseminated among ordinary troops and contractors who do not know what they are doing, according to British military sources.

"The techniques devised in the system, called R2I - resistance to interrogation - match the crude exploitation and abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad.

"One former British special forces officer who returned last week from Iraq, said: 'It was clear from discussions with US private contractors in Iraq that the prison guards were using R2I techniques, but they didn't know what they were doing.'"

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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 03:47 PM
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1. Dunno, but here's a view inside the Pentagon's broom closet
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 03:48 PM
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2. I hope this isn't news
But it very well could be. We do need to keep this little factoid before the American people, that we hired people to give us pointers on torture.

Bryant
Check it out--> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 03:51 PM
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3. Privatization of the military. One of Rummy's brilliant ideas.
Privatization=more money for their rich friends.
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 03:53 PM
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4. Yes, even Du'ers seem caught up in missing this point
THESE PICTURES WERE NO PRANK, NO ISOLATED SICKOS, NO TROPHY's

this was Rumsfeld's joystick and he ran with it..do not be fooled


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