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To: Neeka who wrote (171917)	7/1/2006 2:54:24 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

What a ridiculous statement. Prove it! Based on past interactions with you, I don't think I can prove a thing to you. So let's just agree to disagree.

To: Neeka who wrote (171917)	7/1/2006 3:39:41 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

Major General Antonio Taguba was assigned to investigate charges of prisoner abuse at ab Ghraib in January 2004. This was done before the press heard anything about it. Below is an excerpt of his testimony before the Senate in May 2004 - after the abu Ghraib pictures had been leaked in the spring of 2004. As you can see, he says the abu Ghraib abuses were reported by military personnel to their authorities. TAGUBA: ...... I also commend the courage and selfless service of those soldiers and sailors who brought these allegations to light, discovered evidence of abuse, and turned it over to the military law enforcement authorities. TAGUBA: The criminal acts of a few stand in stark contrast to the high professionalism, competence and moral integrity of countless active, Guard and Army Reserve soldiers that we encountered in this investigation. At the end of the day, a few soldiers and civilians conspired to abuse and conduct egregious acts of violence against detainees and other civilians outside the bounds of international law and the Geneva Convention. Their incomprehensible acts, caught in their own personal record of photographs and video clips, have seriously maligned and impugned the courageous acts of thousands of U.S. and coalition forces. As to whether the abuses were a result of an overall policy, he testified: MCCAIN: In your judgment, were these abuses as a result of an overall military or intelligence policy to quote, "soften up detainees for interrogation"? TAGUBA: Sir, we did not gain any evidence where it was an overall military intelligence policy of the sort. I think it was a matter of soldiers with their interaction with military intelligence personnel who they perceived or thought to be competent authority that were giving them or influencing their action to set the conditions for a successful interrogations operations. I am quoting this from a leftwing site so as not to be accused of wanting to cover things up. antiwar.com