Torture, Death at Iraq Juvenile Prison
Reprinted from Knight Ridder
American investigators probing allegations of torture at an Iraqi-run juvenile prison in Baghdad found clear evidence earlier this year that Sunni children had been murdered by their Shiite captors, according to an Air Force Judge Advocate General and lead officer on the investigative team.
[AND NOW FOR MY TWO CENTS...]
As I prepare to deploy to Iraq to work in, of all places, a prison - I am forced to consider the type of care that those who are being detained are receiving... Unless you've resided underneath a rock, you're aware of the Abu Graib scandal where soldiers degraded prisoners for their own entertainment, claiming they were ordered to humiliate the detainees they were in charge of... You can log onto YouTube.com and see any number of videos portraying the actions of soldiers at any number of prison camps throughout the Middle East.
The news continuously reports atrocities brought about at the hands of US Troops - shouldn't this story also command the undivided attention of the television audience? My own father looks at me as some sort of criminal because of my role in this war - and I haven't even left the country yet!
I personally believe we should simply demand truth from our media, and criminally indict those who insert their own personal agenda into any story or event for the purpose of steering public opinion... The IRS does it when people lie on their taxes... The Supreme Court [is supposed to do]es it when a person purgers themselves while giving testimony. Why couldn't we do it when a reporter or news agency does it?
And now that I've gone and brought up my dad, there's a little something I'd like to get your take on... He's VERY upset that 4,000+ soldiers have died since the war began. He gives no thought to the hundreds of thousands of people who were being killed en masse in order to perfect Saddam's biological and chemical weapons to be used against not only the U.S. but also against other countries...
There is not even a moment's recognition given to the fact that almost 7 million unborn babies have been killed in the name of choice, right here in our own country, since the war began... My personal opinion is that if we are not willing to do something about it, we should keep our mouths shut about it...
Young kids are being murdered at the hands of a "peaceful" people who are simply trying to "defend" their homeland. These children must have been a serious threat in order to bring about their torture and eventual deaths...
What do YOU think should be done about this?
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