Blair's office admits it knew about Iraqi prisoner abuse in February

[PfcHammer]

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Blair's office admits it knew about Iraqi prisoner abuse in February

Associated Press

POSTED AT 6:09 PM EDT Saturday, May. 8, 2004

London — The British government was told in February of allegations coalition troops had abused Iraqi prisoners, Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said Saturday.

A spokesman said the government was shown an interim report by the International Committee of the Red Cross detailing alleged abuses by U.S. and British troops in Iraq. He said the confidential report has not yet been published.

The Red Cross has said it warned U.S. officials of prisoner abuse in Iraq more than a year ago.

On Friday the Wall Street Journal published details from a confidential Red Cross report describing beatings and humiliation of prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and in the British-controlled southern city Basra.

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[mike_c]

1. houston we have a problem-- poodle down! poodle down!

hehehehehehehe

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Disaster for Blair as Iraq torture claims widen

I love the above headline from the Scotsman.com. Can't wait until it says Disaster for Bu$h as Iraq torture claims widen.


http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=528512004

[SoCalDem]

3. Poor little Tony...He could have been a voice of reason..

[goclark]

6. Thanks for the laugh

[Spazito]

4. Blair deserves anything and everything he is getting...

he followed lock step with bush and should pay the ultimate political price, thrown out and dishonored.

[Democat]

5. Blair is weakened, now is the time to get rid of him

They should start a full campaign to push him out of office right now - don't wait!

[peacetalksforall]

7. So now we know what Blair and Bush were talking about in their

last meetings.

[IndianaGreen]

8. Tony Blair will not survive his involvement in the cover up

At a minimum, Blair deserves a date with Lynndie England!

Good ol' girl who enjoyed cruelty
By SHARON CHURCHER in Fort Ashby
May 7, 2004

She faces a court martial, but at home she is toasted as a hero.

At the dingy Corner Club Saloon they think she has done nothing wrong.

"A lot of people here think they ought to just blow up the whole of Iraq," Colleen Kesner said.

"To the country boys here, if you're a different nationality, a different race, you're sub-human. That's the way girls like Lynndie are raised.

"Tormenting Iraqis, in her mind, would be no different from shooting a turkey. Every season here you're hunting something. Over there, they're hunting Iraqis."

http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1258&storyid=1302907

[Moderator]

9. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=541453