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May 13, 2004

I'm Waiting....

Considering the forests being felled to print all the news stories about the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq, perhaps some enterprising reporter could investigate just who these "victims" were.

Possiblity 1: These were oridnary Iraqis swept up by the US in group arrests merely on suspicion of association with insurgents, or ordinary criminals serving time for petty offenses. For people like this to be subjected to the humiliations being displayed would, of course, be unforgivable, and heads should roll, including Rumsfeld's.

Possibility 2: These were persons captured duing firefights with US soldiers, people found in possession of bombs, Ba'athist torturers, al Qaeda terrorists and others who should have been tried by martial law tribunal then shot. Were this the case then my only objection is that they are still breathing and the unforgivable part is that anyone considers them victims.

So, which is it? I'm waiting. But I don't think I'll hold my breath.

Posted by Kevin Murphy at May 13, 2004 04:30 PM | TrackBack