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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 09:50 PM
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Here is a fine example of the American culture of life

Upcoming Navy SEAL Court-Martial a Case Full of Secrets




http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBJAPEQJ6E.html

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The court-martial of a Navy SEAL lieutenant accused of abusing a prisoner in Iraq is a case full of secrets - even the defendant's name is classified. snip

When he died, al-Jamadi was suspended by his wrists, which were handcuffed behind his back - a position known as "Palestinian hanging" that has been condemned by human rights groups as torture, according to investigative files from the Army and the CIA's Office of Inspector General.

An Army guard told investigators that blood gushed from al-Jamadi's mouth "as if a faucet had been turned on" when he was lowered to the ground.

"The position that al-Jamadi was placed for interrogation together with the hood (covering his head) was 'part and parcel' of the homicide," Jerry Hodge, the military pathologist who autopsied al-Jamadi last year, told the CIA's Inspector General's office.

Hodge found broken ribs and bruised lungs but no external injuries that would have resulted from the alleged beating by SEALs. Al-Jamadi's injuries were more consistent with "slow, deliberate application of force," such as someone kneeling on his chest or holding him down with the soles or heels of their boots.

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primavera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 09:52 PM
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1. The culture of life
Edited on Sun Mar-20-05 09:52 PM by KevinJ
Doesn't extend to brown people who aren't fundamentalist Christians, or to children who have already been born. Didn't you get the memo?
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