How many Americans are POWs in Iraq? - Democratic Underground

LiberalEsto

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Mon Dec-12-05 08:44 PM
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How many Americans are POWs in Iraq?

These folks face the repercussions of Cheney's pro-torture policy regarding the prisoners being held by the U.S.
I truly fear for what they must be experiencing, just as I fear for those in our secret prisons.
Has anyone seen any numbers on how many of our military are captives?

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Tom Bombadil

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Mon Dec-12-05 08:49 PM
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1. There aren't any

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pnorman

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Mon Dec-12-05 08:54 PM
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2. But there may be some in the future.

(That's not counting non-military US citizen). but HA!!! Let them try it! For every eyeball they gouge out, we'll gouge out TEN!! Take THAT, Bill Laden!!!

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shraby

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Mon Dec-12-05 09:08 PM
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3. There is one. I can't remember his name,

but icasualties has it. His name starts with an M. He was taken captive about a year ago.

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stillcool

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Mon Dec-12-05 09:15 PM
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4. How can you know?..

It seems to me that no one has the skinny on what is really going on there. How can they? They've got all those Private Military Co's running around, along with militias, and cops, and insurgents, it's got to be a mess. And it's not like our government would think it important to tell us...national security and all.

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LiberalEsto

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Tue Dec-13-05 10:42 AM
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5. Did the US issue POW statistics during Vietnam?

I can't remember. I think they did, because I remember people wearing POW bracelets to remember those in captivity.

One would think if they made the numbers public during Vietnam, they would do it today. But Of course now we're living in the Brave New World of Bushco and CIA rendition flights and the Patriot Act.

I have this horrible suspicion that there ARE American POWs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that very bad things are being done to them.

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Tom Bombadil

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Tue Dec-13-05 11:20 AM
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6. I've not heard anything

from any media sources about POW's. I know that some aid workers were kidnapped, but they're not strictly POW's in the sense that this is no longer a conventional war. The Iraqi army is 'technically' on our side.

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shraby

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Wed Dec-14-05 10:14 AM
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7. I just remember his name...Maupin.

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