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JP Belgium Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:11 AM
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bbc: Iraq abuse 'ordered from the top'
The US commander at the centre of the Iraqi prisoner scandal says she was told to treat detainees like dogs

"He said they are like dogs and if you allow them to believe at any point that they are more than a dog then you've lost control of them"
- General Karpinski

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3806713.stm
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:15 AM
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1. I'm so ashamed to be an American
n/t
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:24 AM
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2. A breathtaking accusation...
If it turns out to be true...hoo, boy.

And I would never bet the house against the BBC.
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:25 AM
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3. She is right
She is being scape goated. I am impatient for all of the evidence to be reviewed. However the republicans in congress are stonewalling even asking for it.
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:28 AM
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4. So much for the "wild bunch" meme
Can we get a candidate who will say...


IMPEACH!
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