"The Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal" - Joe Darby on BBC Radio

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BBC News, 5 August 2007, here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6930197.stm

"The US soldier who exposed the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison found himself a marked man after his anonymity was blown in the most astonishing way by Donald Rumsfeld."

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"The most pronounced woman in the photographs was Lyndie England, and she was leading prisoners around on a leash. She was giving a thumbs-up and standing behind the pyramid, you know with the thumbs-up, standing next to Graner. Posing with one of the Iraqi prisoners who had died."

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"Joe Darby knew what he saw was wrong, but it took him three weeks to decide to hand those photographs in. When he finally did, he was promised anonymity and hoped he would hear no more about it."

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"His wife had no idea that Mr Darby had handed in those photos, but when he was named, she had to flee to her sister's house which was then vandalised with graffiti. Many in his home town called him a traitor."

Joe Darby's interview by Michael Buerk, BBC Radio 4's The Choice on 7 August at 0900 BST.
Something worth listening to.

[Poll_Blind]

1. It is indicative of the shit we're in that he would be treated in such a...

...manner.

PB

[Solly Mack]

3. Yep

[NNN0LHI]

2. This guy is a hero

Without him we would all be wondering why the Iraqis hated us so much. The Iraqis would have all known about Abu Ghraib. But none of us would have. Now we all know.

Don

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. Ostracized for telling the truth

GWB's Amerikkka in a nutshell.

[hootinholler]

5. He got no suppoert form his representative...

For that matter England et al got no support from old Roscoe Bartlett either. He's even on the Armed Services Committee, but couldn't be bothered to call for hearings on prisoner abuses to get to the root of the problem which we all suspect originated with Cheney and know was enabled by Gonzalez and Yoo.

-Hoot

[dkofos]

6. What a great country. We demonize patriots and wistle blowers and glorify WAR CRIMINALS.

How sad is that??

[DBoon]

7. His neighbors are the "little Eichmans"

These people have the moral standing of a dog turd.

I am ashamed to be an American because of people like this.