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To: JakeStraw who wrote (574831)	5/13/2004 11:44:53 AM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Even if they weren't ordered to treat prisoners that way. The brass should have had the brains to realize that some of the GIs might get a little bigheaded in a prison like that and put the proper controls in place to prevent abuse. In any case, it sounds like the Pentagon ignored warnings from human rights groups for months before the scandal broke. Typical.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (574831)	5/13/2004 11:51:21 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Do you think someone ordered them? Yup. <<< ... Senate hearing into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners was told on Tuesday that Lt. Gen. William Boykin, an evangelical Christian under review for saying his God was superior to that of the Muslims, briefed a top Pentagon civilian official last summer on recommendations on ways military interrogators could gain more intelligence from Iraqi prisoners. Critics have suggested those recommendations amounted to a senior-level go-ahead for the sexual and physical abuse of prisoners, possibly to "soften up" detainees before interrogation -- a charge the Pentagon denies. Congressional aides and Arab-American and Muslim groups said any involvement by Boykin could spark new concern among Arabs and Muslims overseas the U.S. war on terrorism is in fact a war on Islam ... >>> Message 20124278 Tom