"secret prison near Baghdad was used only for the worst criminals"

sabra

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:36 PM
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"secret prison near Baghdad was used only for the worst criminals"

http://www.fox23news.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=01FB6C54-B7AE-498F-A7AC-95A2EDD7A4D9

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Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Thursday a secret prison near Baghdad was used only for the worst criminals, and claims of torture are exaggerated.

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He said one detainee who had been reported as paralyzed was that way before his arrival at the facility and had been paid to set off bombs.

"They gave the handicapped $1,000, and he was just a beggar," Jabr said.

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Seven of the prisoners showed signs of torture, and Jabr said the government would investigate fully with U.S. assistance.

Only the "bad guys" get tortured, don't you forget that :-(

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SodoffBush

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:36 PM
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1. I am so fucking sick of their bullshit propaganda

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:37 PM
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3. Oh, well so long as they were REALLLLLY bad, the American

sheeple can overlook the sneaky underhandedness of it all.

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CottonBear

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:38 PM
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4. So...that makes torture OK? I think not.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

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bullimiami

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:41 PM
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5. are we supposed to believe any of that?

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mdfiasco55

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:45 PM
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6. Suspect, isnt' it?

I only wonder if you took ten random convicts out of ten random solitary confinement cells in ten random prisons here in America, and looked at their backs and arms, what would you find?

They don't put good guys in solitary, do they?

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sabra

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:46 PM
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7. but here we have due process, and innocent till proven guilty...

welcome to DU, btw.

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mdfiasco55

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:01 PM
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9. due process

Very good point. The only difference is the whole "unlawful combatant" card that is being played. The geneva convention doesn't provide these "unlawful combatants" with what could be considered due process. what to do, what to do...

Very good point.

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Dr.Phool

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:46 PM
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8. Blah, blah, blah

Worst of the worst in Gitmo. Or Bagram. Or Al Gharib.

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Disturbed

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:10 PM
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10. Amerika has secret prisons too and the VP is pushing...

for the CIA to be allowed to torture detainees. How can the Bush Regime counter Iraqi policy of doing the same,now?

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