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Damned by the Hour
It is hard not to get angry as we watch the great liberators continue to entertain themselves through the use of strangulation, beatings and placement of lit cigarettes into people’s ear openings. If these damned cowards have the guts to practise these acts on Saddam himself, they may have got something they want. But they can only practise them on illegal detainees – having been tortured for 3 years, they have yet to give these cowards enough information to prosecute them. Maybe they really do not know anything and are indeed innocent.
As the rest of the iceberg begins to emerge slowly (thanks to the effort of ALCU), how many more Abu Ghraib do we need to convince ourselves that these tortures are not systematic and are not supported by those at the top of command.
When I was reading the fresh evidence of torture, I became so angry that I thought, given the opportunity, I would have no hesitation to do something for these poor people. Anything.
Now the thought came from a non-Muslim living in the picturesque and peaceful environment of western Ireland. Imagine how people who are more closely related to these torture stories may react?
“You’ve got to understand the dilemma we’re in. These are people that got scooped up off a battlefield attempting to kill US troops. And I want to make sure, before they’re released, that they don’t come back to kill again”, said Bush in a news conference yesterday about Guantánamo.
Well, don’t worry about them. They are pretty useless anyway after being tortured for 3 years. There are new blood - each of these stories should comfortably create thousands of people whom you fear most.
Posted on December 22, 2004 01:09 PM
Categories: The Bad
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