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To: Poet who wrote (44956)	5/4/2004 9:04:04 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

"As a result of the criminal investigation, six military personnel have been charged with criminal offenses," Kimmitt said. "The coalition takes all reports of detainee abuse seriously and all allegations of mistreatment are investigated. We are committed to treating all persons under coalition custody with dignity, respect, and humanity. Coalition personnel are expected to act appropriately, humanely and in a manner consistent with the Geneva Conventions." "Number one, we are absolutely appalled by what we saw," Kimmitt said of the photographs during another Coalition Provisional Authority briefing April 30. "There is no excuse for what you see in those photos. And, I'm not going to stand up here and try to apologize for what those soldiers did. And, those soldiers let us down, they simply let us down." Kimmitt said April 30 he believes the number of prisoners involved in the incidents is less than 20. President Bush at the White House April 30 said the pictures depicting abuse at the Iraqi military prison disturbed him. "I shared a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated,'' Bush said following talks with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. "I didn't like it one bit. But I also want to remind people that those few people who did that do not reflect the nature of the men and women we've sent overseas. That's not the way the people are. It's not their character, that are serving our nation in the cause of freedom.'' "And there will be an investigation,'' Bush said. ``I think they'll be taken care of." politrix.org Blair and Bush condemn pictures of prison torture icwales.icnetwork.co.uk Bush Blasts Abuse Of Iraqi POWs cbsnews.com I thought his calling these acts "misbehavior" was really wrong.

To: Poet who wrote (44956)	5/5/2004 10:22:17 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 89467

Do I think it reflects directly on Bush or the administration? No. These criminals were raised on Limbaugh. I bet you find the whistleblower was not. The right wing now thinks that derision and humiliation is not only acceptable, but funny. They make jokes about it all the time. It's the tag line to half the right wing posts here on SI. Yes, this is a direct reflection on Bush, and the administration, and Limbaugh, and JLAllen and those poor idiots who somehow think that genre of personal insult is entertainment. TP