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To: MythMan who wrote (289416)	6/23/2004 10:07:05 AM
From: Terry Maloney	Respond to of 436258

Yeah. WTF happened to the age of Aquarius? <g/ng>

To: MythMan who wrote (289416)	6/23/2004 10:43:56 AM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

yea, but stocks are up so who cares? -g-

To: MythMan who wrote (289416)	6/23/2004 11:00:04 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 436258

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of aggressive tactics to frighten Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to newly-released documents. These included stripping prisoners, forcing them into stress positions and harassing them with dogs. news.bbc.co.uk

To: MythMan who wrote (289416)	6/23/2004 11:08:31 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 436258

Interrogation memo to be replaced By Toni Locy and Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — In August 2002, a high-ranking Justice Department lawyer sent a memo to the White House suggesting that President Bush, as commander in chief during wartime, could have captured al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives interrogated in any way he wanted — and that there was nothing U.S. courts or Congress could do about it. ..... usatoday.com

To: MythMan who wrote (289416)	6/23/2004 11:10:45 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Detainees held in Afghanistan by US troops have been routinely tortured and humiliated as part of the interrogation process in the same way as those in Iraq, a Guardian investigation has found. Five detainees have died in custody, three of them in suspicious circumstances, and survivors have told stories of beatings, strippings, hoodings and sleep deprivation. The nature of the alleged abuse indicates that what happened at Abu Ghraib was part of a pattern of interrogation that has been common practice since the invasion of Afghanistan. guardian.co.uk Iraq and now Afghanistan. Is the US much better than Saddam Hussein's regime? M