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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (233859)	5/20/2005 3:11:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575420

Find the quotes in a reputable source. The guardian is a socialist tabloid. It always has been and probably always will be. Tabloids tend to take things out of context and lead the gullible to believe false assumptions. The Guardian is a very respected paper....not a tabloid. I can't believe I once had a modicum of respect for you. No longer. Here are just some of the publications reporting the same story.......the world weeps for what America once was. Report: Prisoner Abuse, Deaths in Afghanistan NPR (audio), D.C. - 39 minutes ago Description: A confidential Army file details the brutal deaths of two Afghan prisoners at the hands of US military interrogators in Bagram, Afghanistan, the ... 'NY Times' Reveals Horrific Details on Deaths of 2 Afghans in US ... Editor & Publisher - 3 hours ago By E&P Staff. NEW YORK Following closely on the heels of the Newsweek retraction of its item on Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay, The ... US abuse of Afghan prisoners 'widespread' Guardian Unlimited, UK - 3 hours ago Three brothers of Dilawar, who died in US custody 18 months ago, pray at his grave in Yaqubi, Afghanistan. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters. ... US Army report details brutal death of Afghan detainees Xinhua, China - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- A US Army's criminal investigation report has detailed the brutal treatment of two Afghan detainees by US military ... US investigating prisoner deaths in Afghanistan - White House Forbes - 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFX) - The White House said on Friday that investigations were underway into prisoner abuse by US soldiers in Afghanistan. ... Army file details brutal deaths of Afghan detainees International Herald Tribune, France - 5 hours ago NEW YORK Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him. The prisoner, a slight ... 'Young Troops Abused Detainees in US Camp of Death' Scotsman, UK - 4 hours ago By Victoria Ward, PA, in New York. Detainees in United States military custody in Afghanistan were the victims of widespread abuse ... Report: Afghan men beaten before deaths in US custody USA Today - 5 hours ago By USA TODAY staff. A US Army investigation has uncovered grisly details of the 2002 deaths of two Afghan men in American custody ... American torturers driven by boredom Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia - 5 hours ago By Tim Golden. Like a narrative counterpart to the digital images from Abu Ghraib, a confidential US Army report contains graphic ... US Army Report Details Afghan Prisoner Abuse Voice of America - 5 hours ago By VOA News. A US newspaper report says a confidential US Army document details widespread abuse of Afghan detainees by American soldiers. ... US report reveals Afghan abuses BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago Fresh details have emerged of the alleged abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan by US soldiers. The deaths of two inmates and alleged ... Leaked papers document Afghan prisoner abuse ABC Online, Australia - 7 hours ago Two detainees in US military custody in Afghanistan in 2002 died after being severely beaten as part of a pattern of abuse by young and badly-trained soldiers ... US troops abused Afghans: report Daily Telegraph, Australia - 9 hours ago A CONFIDENTIAL US army report contains graphic details of widespread abuse of detainees in Afghanistan in 2002 carried out by "young and poorly trained soldiers ... US Army report details abuse of Afghans-NY Times Reuters - 13 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A confidential US Army report contains graphic details of widespread abuse of detainees in Afghanistan in 2002 carried out by "young and ... In US Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths New York Times, NY - 15 hours ago By TIM GOLDEN. Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him. The prisoner, a ... The Moderate Voice uses and recommends: The Moderate Voice - 41 minutes ago by Joe Gandelman. The American style of winning their hearts and minds and extracting information has not generally been perceived ... Military`s response to the deaths of two Afghan men is declared Pravda, Russia - 50 minutes ago A US Army investigation has uncovered grisly details of the 2002 deaths of two Afghan men in American custody, The New York Times reported Friday, with a ... US & World Briefing for IT Pros US Defends Treatment of Afghan ... NewsFactor Network, CA - 1 hour ago It reported that one of the two Afghans, a 22-year old taxi driver called Dilawar, had been pummeled on his legs by guards for several days and chained with ... 11:00 am: US military defends treatment of detainees in ... Santa Fe New Mexican, NM - 1 hour ago KABUL, Afghanistan - The US military on Friday defended its treatment of detainees, saying it would not tolerate any incidents of abuse. ... US probes Afghan prison torture Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 1 hour ago The US military is thoroughly investigating allegations of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan after a newspaper published grisly accounts of Afghans tortured to ... NY Times Reveals US Abuses at Bagram Islam Online, Qatar - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 20, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) - A confidential US Army report unveiled graphic details of widespread abuse in US detention camps in Afghanistan in ... Report: 'US troops abused Afghan detainees' Ireland Online, Ireland - 4 hours ago Detainees in United States military custody in Afghanistan were the victims of widespread abuse by "young and poorly trained soldiers", according to a report ... US Army report details abuse of Afghans-NY Times ABC News - 11 hours ago US Marines, seen through a night vision scope, escort battle field detainees into a detention centre at the Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, in ... Report details Afghan torture The Argus, CA - 3 hours ago By Tim Golden, New York Times. Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him. ... Details of Afghan Prisoner Abuse Reported by US Army AXcess News, NV - 4 hours ago by Freddie Mooche. May 20, 2005 (AXcess News) World - A newspaper leaked details of the US Army's report on alleged prisoner abuse ... US Army Report Details Afghan Prisoner Abuse Outside the Beltway, VA - 5 hours ago More reports of soldier abuse of prisoners is out today, and the source isn't Newsweek but the US Army. A US newspaper report says ... news.google.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (233859)	5/20/2005 5:11:49 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575420

More blatant GOP corruption............and "let them eat cake"! *********************************************** Anchorage given a cool $1.5 million to build bus stop By Mary Pemberton The Associated Press ANCHORAGE — Tom Wilson is faced with a problem many city administrators would envy: how to spend $1.5 million on a bus stop. Wilson, Anchorage's director of public transportation, has all that money for a new bus stop outside the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, thanks to Republican Sen. Ted Stevens — fondly referred to by Alaskans as "Uncle Ted" for his prodigious ability to secure federal dollars for his home state. The bus stop there now is a simple steel-and-glass, three-sided enclosure. Wilson wants better lighting and seating. He also likes the idea of heated sidewalks that would remain free of snow and ice. And he thinks electronic signs would be nice. "It is going to be a showpiece stop,**" Wilson said. He acknowledges the money has put him in an awkward position. "We have a senator that gave us that money, and I certainly won't want to appear ungrateful," he said. At the same time, he does not want the public to think the city is wasting the money. So "if it only takes us $500,000 to do it, that's what we will spend." That is still five to 50 times the typical cost of bus-stop improvements in Anchorage. The money was contained in a $388 billion spending bill passed by Congress last fall. City and museum officials agree that the bus stop must fit in aesthetically with a museum expansion project being funded with $75 million in public and private money. The museum has offered to help design the stop. The museum's architects want it to be compatible with the exterior building materials used for the expansion: glass with a pattern that gives the impression of looking through a thin curtain. And they do not want it to spoil the view of the street that museum visitors will have when they stand in what will be a mini-forest of 350 birch trees. If done right, the expanded museum and improved bus stop could anchor a new eastern edge to the downtown area, drawing not only more tourists to the museum but shoppers from a nearby mall and workers from the federal building, said museum director Pat Wolf. "It is supposed to be a lot more than a bus stop," said a spokeswoman for Stevens. "It needs to have a way to smoothly transition all these people. "Sen. Stevens does not believe the money that he is able to work diligently to secure at the federal level is pork. He considers it infrastructure development for a very young state." archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (233859)	5/21/2005 4:32:09 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575420

Re: Find the quotes in a reputable source. The guardian is a socialist tabloid. It always has been and probably always will be. Tabloids tend to take things out of context and lead the gullible to believe false assumptions. Is Secr of Def Rumsfeld a source "sterling" enough for you? Rumsfeld warns of photos depicting worse abuses ON THE HILL: He apologizes, rebuffs calls to step down Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau Saturday, May 8, 2004 Washington -- Embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress on Friday that he wouldn't rule out resigning and warned that yet-undisclosed images of Iraqi prisoner abuse containing what one lawmaker described as "rape and murder" might touch off a new furor. In back-to-back appearances before the Senate and House Armed Services committees, the Pentagon chief apologized to the Iraqis who were abused at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and said he wants them awarded financial compensation. But Rumsfeld said the explosive abuse photos -- the ones disclosed so far -- haven't made it impossible for him to perform effectively as the administration's top military boss. [...] "The American public needs to understand, we're talking about rape and murder here. We're not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience. We're talking about rape and murder and some very serious charges, '' Graham said to reporters. Graham said, however, he hadn't seen the videos that are part of the investigation into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers and military contractors. Rumsfeld, too, said that even more damaging evidence is likely to come. "There are a lot more photographs and videos that exist. If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse." The Pentagon won't release other photos or videos because officials said they are evidence in criminal investigations. So far, seven military personnel have been charged in connection with the Abu Ghraib abuse. Six separate investigations are still under way, and Rumsfeld pledged that they will go wherever the evidence leads them, even to high-ranking officers. The investigations include allegations of homicide. In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had warned U.S. officials of prisoner abuse more than a year ago, soon after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The Red Cross said the mistreatment was systematic and in some cases was "tantamount to torture." [...] sfgate.com As they say, you ain't seen nothin' yet!!