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To: tejek who wrote (219686)	2/18/2005 12:40:10 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576829

Ugly stuff--- U.S. Army Files Describe New Detainee Abuse Cases Fri Feb 18,12:14 AM ET Top Stories - Reuters By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iraqi prisoner stated U.S. forces beat him with a baseball bat, broke his nose and dislocated his arms, then coerced him to drop an abuse claim to gain his release, Army files made public on Friday showed. In another case, U.S troops in Afghanistan (news - web sites) posed for photos of mock executions with hooded and bound prisoners, but other pictures depicting abuse were destroyed to avert another public embarrassment after the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal surfaced in April 2004, the files stated. Several Army Criminal Investigation Command files released by the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) detailed previously unknown detainee abuse allegations. The documents were obtained from the government under court order through the Freedom of Information Act. "These documents provide more evidence that abuse was not localized or aberrational, but was widespread and systemic. They also provide further evidence that at least in some cases the government is not aggressively investigating credible allegations of abuse," ACLU lawyer Jameel Jaffer said. "Simply put, we are accountable. We will take action and investigate when it (abuse) is reported. We take it seriously. And we'll bring those soldiers to justice who may have committed an offense," said Army spokesman Col. Joe Curtin. An Iraqi taken into U.S. custody in Tikrit when his house was raided in September 2003 said Americans, some in civilian clothing, beat him repeatedly, one file showed. He stated Americans struck him in the head with a rifle, beat him in the stomach, smacked his leg with a baseball bat, dislocated his arms, stepped on his nose and broke it, shoved an unloaded pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger, and choked him with a rope. 'LAST DAY IN YOUR LIFE' While abusing him, the man stated, a U.S. interrogator demanded he confess to crimes and told him, "Today will be the last day in your life." The file included medical reports confirming he suffered a broken nose, broken leg and abdominal scars. U.S. soldiers questioned in the case said personnel from Task Force 20, a combined CIA (news - web sites)-military unit hunting "high-value" fugitives, had interrogated him. The man said that after he reported the abuse, a soldier forced him to sign a statement renouncing the claims if he did not want to be imprisoned indefinitely. The Army investigation was closed after failing to "prove or disprove" crimes were committed, the file stated. Another file showed the Army investigated a compact disc found in July 2004 in a U.S. office in Afghanistan that contained digital images of U.S. soldiers abusing detainees at Fire Base Tycze in southern Afghanistan. The government did not release the actual images, the ACLU said. Uniformed soldiers were pictured pointing pistols and M-4 rifles at the heads and backs of detainees, the file stated. Another Army file said senior Psychological Operations officers had seen U.S. special operations troops commit indiscriminate assaults on civilians in May 2004 in two Afghan villages, but an investigation was closed because villagers could not be interviewed as they lived in what was considered a high-threat area. Other government documents released by the ACLU in recent months have described numerous allegations of detainee abuse in Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan and the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including an FBI (news - web sites) document saying Pentagon (news - web sites) interrogators at Guantanamo used "torture techniques."

To: tejek who wrote (219686)	2/18/2005 2:14:37 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576829

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, three in or near the northern city of Mosul and the fourth in a roadside bomb blast north of Baghdad. Ted, did you see how many Iraqis (Shiites) the "insurgents" killed today in Bagdad? Where is your bleeding heart and true human compassion, man... This is not all about sensation and propaganda. Taro