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To: marginmike who wrote (5822)	5/7/2004 5:36:52 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) of 116555

Bremer tried to warn Rummy about abuse But of course he didn't listen. washingtonpost.com --------------------- Some U.S. officials said Rumsfeld was resistant to repeated warnings from Iraq governor L. Paul Bremer -- delivered as early as last fall -- that the United States was detaining too many Iraqis for too long and in poor conditions. Bremer told Rumsfeld and other senior administration officials that if the problem persisted, the political fallout in Iraq would be serious, the officials said. ... Aides said yesterday that while Rumsfeld has known of the photographs since January, when they came to the attention of U.S. commanders in Iraq, he had not seen them, and he was not aware that CBS was about to air them until just hours before they were broadcast last week. --------------------- So if Rummy's known about the pictures since January and Bremer warned him about abuse last fall, why is he waiting until everything has gone public to call for an independent investigation? The answer is obvious: he was hoping that this wouldn't go public and now that it has he's trying to save his own butt. Pathetic. ============================================================ Note to the Board: I do not want a big debate on this but these are important issues. I am violating my own rule here on politics but it is the weekend and I think I can do so without a lot of cantankerous debate. If I am wrong and we start seeing too many political posts over this I will ask to have them yanked as well as report myself. In general, I do not want to get bogged down on political issues unless they have a direct bearing on economics. Let's see if we can handle an occasional post without going nuts and everone getting fluffed up. If we can't we can't. Mish

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