U.S. Military Says 26 Inmate Deaths May Be Homicide

[burythehatchet]

http://nytimes.com/2005/03/16/politics/16abuse.html?hp&ex=1110949200&en=9d093028237bd5fa&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The number of confirmed or suspected cases is much higher than any accounting the military has previously reported. A Pentagon report sent to Congress last week cited only six prisoner deaths caused by abuse, but that partial tally was limited to what the author, Vice Adm. Albert T. Church III of the Navy, called "closed, substantiated abuse cases" as of last September.

The new figure of 26 was provided by the Army and Navy this week after repeated inquiries.

[BuyingThyme]

1. When did we start referring to murder as

criminal homicide?

[burythehatchet]

2. when brown peeps are doin the dyin

[rooboy]

3. There is a story out there that more than TWO THOUSAND have been killed...

Mark Levine, the host of The Inside Scoop (radioinsidescoop.com) was a former congressional aide to Barney Frank and has some excellent contacts in Washington. He has it from what he calls a VERY reliable source that over 2000 Iraqis have been murdered by US troops whilst in custody, and that this news will eventually come out.

[BuyingThyme]

4. I don't doubt it

for a second.