Washington Times

07/28/05

U.S. Army soldiers have used 'excessive' and 'unauthorized deadly force' in Iraq to defend supply convoys because they did not have the proper weapons, according to a commander's secret internal memorandum. The memo says soldiers need precision-guided pistols, in addition to heavy-fire machine guns, to ensure that innocent people are not killed. The memo was written by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Chaves, who commands an Army National Guard brigade that performs the perilous job of guarding convoys that move in and out of Camp Anaconda, a sprawling logistics base near Balad, north of Baghdad. Such convoys have been the targets of numerous attacks by terrorists using suicide car bombs and other types of ambushes. In the March 15 memo, Gen. Chaves tells top commanders in Baghdad that he does not have the right mix of weapons to fire from the turrets of armored Humvees and other vehicles that guard supply trucks...

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050727-115941-2568r.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Two million people, including a vast number of British Muslims, took to the streets against the invasion of Iraq. Blair preferred the warmth of the White House's embrace. Ignore the marchers and you risk igniting the murderers. If the alternative to terrorism is democracy, then it is time the people of Britain and Iraq alike were listened to and the occupation ended.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9582.htm

CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq, and one official, whose name is classified, would often brag about his abuse of prisoners, according to testimony in a closed session of a military hearing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9585.htm

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3159/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://www.sobran.com/columns/2005/050712.shtml


Informant: Lew Rockwell

Houston Chronicle

07/27/05

A company of the California Army National Guard was placed on restricted duty after allegations that members of the unit mistreated detainees in Iraq, possibly with a stun gun, a newspaper reported today. Investigations are under way into the allegations of mistreatment of prisoners by the soldiers, Col. David Baldwin, a California National Guard spokesman, told the Los Angeles Times. Other members of the 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment are accused of extorting money from Iraqi shopkeepers...

http://tinyurl.com/axjzj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

MSNBC

07/27/05

The commander in charge of Guantanamo Bay prison visited Abu Ghraib in 2003 and recommended the use of military dogs during interrogations, the former warden in Iraq testified Wednesday at a hearing for two Army dog handlers accused of prisoner abuse. 'We understood that he was sent over by the secretary of defense,' Maj. David Dinenna testified...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8731855/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp