Washington Post: New Reports Surface About Detainee Abuse
"Two soldiers and an officer with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division have told a human rights organization of systemic detainee abuse and human rights violations at U.S. bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, recounting beatings, forced physical exertion and psychological torture of prisoners, the group said.
A 30-page report by Human Rights Watch describes an Army captain's 17-month effort to gain clear understanding of how U.S. soldiers were supposed to treat detainees, and depicts his frustration with what he saw as widespread abuse that the military's leadership failed to address. The Army officer made clear that he believes low-ranking soldiers have been held responsible for abuse to cover for officers who condoned it."
Yawwwn.....
""Some days we would just get bored so we would have everyone sit in a corner and then make them get in a pyramid," an unidentified sergeant who worked at the base from August 2003 to April 2004 told Human Rights Watch. "This was before Abu Ghraib but just like it. We did that for amusement."
And like soldiers accused at Abu Ghraib, these troops said that military intelligence interrogators encouraged their actions, telling them to make sure the detainees did not sleep or were physically exhausted so as to get them to talk.
"They were directed to get intel from them so we had to set the conditions by banging on their cages, crashing them into the cages, kicking them, kicking dirt, yelling," the soldier was quoted as saying. Later he described how he and others beat the detainees. "But you gotta understand, this was the norm. Everyone would just sweep it under the rug."
Army and Pentagon officials yesterday said they are investigating the allegations as criminal cases and said they learned of the incidents just weeks ago when the Fort Bragg captain's concerns surfaced. Paul Boyce, an Army spokesman, said the Army began investigating as soon as it learned of the allegations."
Just to clarify, "Sleep deprevation, banging on cages and other "non-physical" forms interrogation are acceptable. Beating them is not, nor condoned. This is an old report that has already been investigated and taken care of (I verified that).
This is yet another example of the MSM digging up old and in this case more than a year old reports and re-spinning the Abu Grab-Ass story.
Not to mention that this is being reported by a an organization that opposes the death penalty, opposes restrictions to abortion, and proposes that marriage be re-defined to include same-sex couples. It has also called for condom distribution in prisons. In other words - Anti-Bush agenda.
Always consider the source.
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