Beatings in Baghdad
NEW IRAQ TORTURE SCANDAL!
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers witnessed Iraqi Police abusing and torturing their prisoners, June 29 at the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
The Oregon Army National Guard soldiers responded by disarming the Iraqi policemen and giving first aid to the detainees. Many of the prisoners had fresh welts and bruises. A boy of 14 was among those abused. US Soldiers also found metal rods, rubber hoses, unknown chemicals and exposed electrical wires that appeared to have been used in the torturing of the prisoners.
The US soldiers were later ordered to STAND DOWN and HAND THE TORTURED PRISONERS BACK to their Iraqi tormentors!
OregonLive.com has published 23 photographs taken by the US Army that documents Iraqi civilians being tortured by the police of the "new democratic Iraq." The entire photo series can be seen at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/galleries/news/index.ssf?iraq
Photos also appear on the Indymedia network:
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/08/115260.php
Informant: Mark Vallen
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Oregon Soldier Steps Forward to Document Iraqi Abuse of Civilians
Update: Another Oregon Soldier Steps Forward to Document Iraqi Abuse of Civilians
The article below describes one of the most serious uninvestigated scandals of the Iraq War. Unfortunately, the national media and Congress refuse to interview military leaders and determine why U.S. soldiers who observed acts of torture by the new Iraqi government were ordered to return the civilians back to their captors and remain silent. The public, press, and Congress have a right to know who made the decisions described by these soldiers.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2186
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers witnessed Iraqi Police abusing and torturing their prisoners, June 29 at the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
The Oregon Army National Guard soldiers responded by disarming the Iraqi policemen and giving first aid to the detainees. Many of the prisoners had fresh welts and bruises. A boy of 14 was among those abused. US Soldiers also found metal rods, rubber hoses, unknown chemicals and exposed electrical wires that appeared to have been used in the torturing of the prisoners.
The US soldiers were later ordered to STAND DOWN and HAND THE TORTURED PRISONERS BACK to their Iraqi tormentors!
OregonLive.com has published 23 photographs taken by the US Army that documents Iraqi civilians being tortured by the police of the "new democratic Iraq." The entire photo series can be seen at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/galleries/news/index.ssf?iraq
Photos also appear on the Indymedia network:
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/08/115260.php
Informant: Mark Vallen
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Oregon Soldier Steps Forward to Document Iraqi Abuse of Civilians
Update: Another Oregon Soldier Steps Forward to Document Iraqi Abuse of Civilians
The article below describes one of the most serious uninvestigated scandals of the Iraq War. Unfortunately, the national media and Congress refuse to interview military leaders and determine why U.S. soldiers who observed acts of torture by the new Iraqi government were ordered to return the civilians back to their captors and remain silent. The public, press, and Congress have a right to know who made the decisions described by these soldiers.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2186
Starmail - 9. Aug, 10:23
