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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 11:47 AM
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General Who Made Anti-Islam Remark Tied to POW Case

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=15&u=/nm/20040511/ts_nm/iraq_abuse_general_dc_1

The U.S. Army general under investigation for anti-Islamic remarks has been linked by U.S. officials to the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, which experts warned could touch off new outrage overseas.

A Senate hearing into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners was told on Tuesday that Lt. Gen. William Boykin, an evangelical Christian under review for saying his God was superior to that of the Muslims, briefed a top Pentagon (news - web sites) civilian official last summer on recommendations on ways military interrogators could gain more intelligence from Iraqi prisoners.

Critics have suggested those recommendations amounted to a senior-level go-ahead for the sexual and physical abuse of prisoners, possibly to "soften up" detainees before interrogation -- a charge the Pentagon denies.

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"This will be taken as proof that what happened at Abu Ghraib (prison) is evidence of a broader culture of dehumanizing Arabs and Muslims, based on the American understanding of the innate superiority of Christendom," said Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, a U.S.-based quarterly magazine.

One Senate aide, who asked not to be identified, said any involvement by Boykin could be explosive. "Even if he knew about the abuse, that would be a big deal," he said.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 11:50 AM
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1. This guy should have been removed a long time ago
for PR reasons.
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 12:48 PM
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6. Oh, no, he's exactly the type of general the Bushistas want.
Besides, he could be a convenient scapegoat, if necessary.
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fertilizeonarbusto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 11:50 AM
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2. here it comes
just when you thought this was ugly enough
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 12:15 PM
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3. Maybe Boykin...
...WANTS to be crucified :evilgrin:
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 12:18 PM
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4. GOOD! it's about time ..i've been screaming Boykin since this abuse scanda
came out!....and Senator Jack Reed was the only one who asked about Boykin and Millers involvement
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 01:27 PM
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9. I hope this guy makes the list of Most Likely to be Court-Martialed
up at the top, next to Myers and the other overinflated bellhops around him.

They're doing all this and saying all this in MY name, damn them.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 12:26 PM
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5. Boykin Is Also DIRECTLY Tied To Waco
he was an active advisor.

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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 01:13 PM
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7. Besides the fundamentalist zealots of all organized religions there are
cults within US Army Psyops, military intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency, etc. and civilian para-militaries/mercenaries/contractors.

Don't forget the historic culture of US Army MI/Defense Intelligence Agency was shaped by real Nazis, organized crime and folks like Col. Michael Aquino, who comes from the opposite side of Gen. Boykin's "Crusade" the spiritual enemy of fundies everywhere was sought out by Col. Aquino who ministered and spread his word as a Church of Satan priest when off duty.

In 1975, while listed as active duty, Col. Michael Aquino established the heir to the Church of Satan his own cult/religion the Temple of Set. Col. Aquino heavily influenced US Army MI and Defense Intelligence Agency culture.

I believe Col. Michael Aquino was involved in the illegal Operation CHAOS in 1969 when President Nixon authorized The Huston Plan. Michael Aquino and his wife, Lillith, were implicated in The Presidio molestation case, neither were charged.

So consider the influence of satanists/setians general purpose evil worshippers cults as you watch tv and play games listening to the music...btw, I'm not naive, nor a fundamentalist witchburner-I'm aware of pagan and Wiccan distinctions and the freedom to worship under our Constitution within the law, I'm a Christian that knows about this cult stuff, unfortunately, and that horrific crimes have been committed and law enforcement investigations and cases were intervened with and shut down by "nameless" individuals and agencies claiming that this involved National Security matters or the crimes "solved" with patsies...

That aside, General Boykin's Christianity in the military is allied with the culture of US MI and the Defense Intelligence Agency which included real Nazis, criminals, mercenaries and satanists/setians.

My USMC dad fought against militarism and fascism in WWII, he was a lifelong Teamster not a corporate sex industry worker. America fought two world wars against what the neo-conservative traitors, imo, would desire to be the role of America, sole SuperPower in the 21st century.

These folks are truly capable of anything, but not above the law.
What a world!

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

Temple of Set Statement to the US Armed Forces (see Temple of Set)
http://www.nightspell.dhs.org/

Temple of Set history
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/tempset.html

http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id163/pg1/

Charges of Nazi/fascist ideology in Temple of Set "refuted"
http://www.necronomi.com/magic/satanism/fascist.set.txt

PSYOPS: The "Temple of Set" and mob psychology
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=205198
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Texican Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 01:27 PM
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8. Don't Look For the Truth From the Whithouse
It seems that he was not the only one with those beliefs.

"And whenever Powell or Armitage tried to bring to the attention of the highest levels in the administration the growing concern about prisoner abuse, according to a source recently cited in the Nelson Report, an insider Washington newsletter, they were forced to endure from the chickenhawks what an eyewitness source characterised as "around-the-table, coarse, vulgar, frat-boy bully remarks about what these tough guys would do if THEY ever got their hands on prisoners..."




http://www.lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe86.html
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 01:37 PM
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10. General Casts War in Religious Terms - Boykin article
This article was first published 10/16/03 by the LA Times and was reprinted May 10, 2004 at CommomDreams.com


General Casts War in Religious Terms
The top soldier assigned to track down Bin Laden and Hussein is an evangelical Christian who speaks publicly of 'the army of God.'

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1016-01.htm


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