• Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape'
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[img]http://academicearth.org/uploads/images/Telegraph_Logo.gif[/img] [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5395830/Abu-Ghraib-abuse-photos-show-rape.html]Source[/url] [release]At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee. Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube. Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts. Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He has now confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. The graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President’s attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published. Maj Gen Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President’s decision, adding: “These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency. “I am not sure what purpose their release would serve other than a legal one and the consequence would be to imperil our troops, the only protectors of our foreign policy, when we most need them, and British troops who are trying to build security in Afghanistan. “The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it.” In April, Mr Obama’s administration said the photographs would be released and it would be “pointless to appeal” against a court judgment in favour of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). But after lobbying from senior military figures, Mr Obama changed his mind saying they could put the safety of troops at risk. Earlier this month, he said: “The most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to inflame anti-American public opinion and to put our troops in greater danger.” It was thought the images were similar to those leaked five years ago, which showed naked and bloody prisoners being intimidated by dogs, dragged around on a leash, piled into a human pyramid and hooded and attached to wires. Mr Obama seemed to reinforce that view by adding: “I want to emphasise that these photos that were requested in this case are not particularly sensational, especially when compared to the painful images that we remember from Abu Ghraib.” The latest photographs relate to 400 cases of alleged abuse between 2001 and 2005 in Abu Ghraib and six other prisons. Mr Obama said the individuals involved had been “identified, and appropriate actions” taken. Maj Gen Taguba’s internal inquiry into the abuse at Abu Ghraib, included sworn statements by 13 detainees, which, he said in the report, he found “credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses.” Among the graphic statements, which were later released under US freedom of information laws, is that of Kasim Mehaddi Hilas in which he says: “I saw [name of a translator] ******* a kid, his age would be about 15 to 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn’t covered and I saw [name] who was wearing the military uniform, putting his **** in the little kid’s ***…. and the female soldier was taking pictures.” The translator was an American Egyptian who is now the subject of a civil court case in the US. Three detainees, including the alleged victim, refer to the use of a phosphorescent tube in the sexual abuse and another to the use of wire, while the victim also refers to part of a policeman’s “stick” all of which were apparently photographed. [/release]
pics please
It's a shame that we have so much bad blood in our military.
It only takes a handful of people to make everyone look bad. :sigh: I wish we could keep these types of people out of our military.
They're the military. What pray tell did you expect?
oh god that translator raped a man what the fuck
Rape, Pillage and Plunder that village
[url]http://www.aztlan.net/iraqi_women_raped.htm[/url] Here you go.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;24708222][url]http://www.aztlan.net/iraqi_women_raped.htm[/url] Here you go.[/QUOTE] my god very few words can describe that
^^^ That. [b] End. Of this. [/b]
[QUOTE=Lithe;24707454]They're the military. What pray tell did you expect?[/QUOTE] A degree of professionalism!
Have you met these people?
no
[QUOTE=Lithe;24707454]They're the military. What pray tell did you expect?[/QUOTE] Common sense and morals.
If you had, my guess is that that would not be a thing you'd expect. At all. The idiots even photographed it. I hope they fucking hang.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;24708222][url]http://www.aztlan.net/iraqi_women_raped.htm[/url] Here you go.[/QUOTE] ... Why did I click that? That's fucking sick.
I don't even get why they'd rape some Middle-Eastern woman. Who knows what STDs she might have? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Greeman))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Lithe;24708826]If you had, my guess is that that would not be a thing you'd expect. At all.[/QUOTE] i see. it's a shame that such a job that puts the lives of many others in your hands and allows you the opportunities to commit these kinds of acts is also one of the easiest jobs to get.
Man, I tell you, they're not gonna hear the end of this for a long time, and rightly so. This is most definitely NOT the force that helped defeat the Nazis during WW2.
[QUOTE=Lithe;24708890]Man, I tell you, they're not gonna hear the end of this for a long time, and rightly so. This is most definitely NOT the force that defeated the Nazis during WW2.[/QUOTE] As far as i'm concerned the soviets defeated the nazis
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;24707286]It's a shame that we have so much bad blood in our military.[/QUOTE] You recruit anyone, thats why. You recruit people who never got a education or criminals.
Lol I remember finding these images AGES ago on some popular P2P.
... "Lol"?
God damnit america, you're supposed to be the country of pride and joy, showing the rest of the world how you do it right, not this shit.
Goddamn pictures, especially with the posing. This is why I hate America.
[QUOTE=nath2009uk;24710871]Goddamn pictures, especially with the posing. This is why I hate America.[/QUOTE] Really? That's why you hate America? I hate my country for better reasons.
[QUOTE=Vasili;24709001]You recruit anyone, thats why. You recruit people who never got a education or criminals.[/QUOTE] Well you'd at least expect the harsh discipline in Boot Camp to roughen them up and teach them respect.
Terminate them.
God this is so late, and people who are like "hurr hurr militry sucs cuz of dis", this was a big slip up and a single, isolated incident.
[QUOTE=zombiefreak;24712273]God this is so late, and people who are like "hurr hurr militry sucs cuz of dis", this was a big slip up and a single, isolated incident.[/QUOTE] Wrong, this isn't the only event.
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