What about those kids in Iraqi jails? (ANOTHER LIE!!!!!!!!)

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Found this out through This modern world, which got it from Atrios, which got it from: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/weekinreview/06HICK.html

Every fuggin rethug justification for Iraq is crumbling. Another myth, another lie, more sheeple nodding their heads in approval.

A 'Liberated' Orphanage Searches for Its Children
By TYLER HICKS

l Rahma, an orphanage in northern Baghdad, was run by the state under Saddam Hussein, but is now run by clerics from the Shiite Muslim town of Najaf. They took control of the institution four days after American forces liberated Baghdad in April.

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Many children who have not returned have resorted to life on the streets, begging for food or money, or perhaps turning to drugs or prostitution.

For those who remain, the orphanage is the only home they know.

[Cocoa]

1. So when that officer described all the tearful reunions...

what really happened was that they just sent the kids out into the street.

I was wondering how they made arrangements with the parents so quickly. It would have been a true miracle if they were able to id all the kids and find their parents, especially with the language barrier.

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2. bump.

I think this is an important story. Something to add to your adminisrtation PR crap detectors.

[Pepperbelly]

3. Today when I heard that lying bastard Adelman prattle on and on about it

I knew it had to be bullshit. These worthless fucks get this addle-pated sincerity going when they lie through their teeth at you and Adelman was wearing the look.

[oldcoot]

4. Has anyone emailed this story to snopes.com yet?

They might find this interesting.

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5. done.

n/t