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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:43 PM
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There's videotapes of contractors raping young Iraqi men?
Caller on Randi Rhodes just said that.

This is getting sicker by the day.
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methinks2 Donating Member (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:44 PM
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1. this is the first I heard of this, but I'm not surprised
my son claims to have seen video of our soldiers raping a young Somali girl , seems our soldiers were abusing the locals in Somalia too.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:51 PM
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4. Methinks employees of the contractor DynCorp did the same
thing in Bosnia/Kosovo.


:evilfrown:
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:11 PM
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15. They've (DynaCorp) actually been brought up on charges...
...for having run a prostitution/slavery ring. Grand patriots that they are, ya know.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:18 PM
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17. DYN CORP had the juice to get Mary Robinson removed from UNHRC
position when she refused to back off her prosecution of these criminals in Bosnia. There hasn't been anything done, really. Btw, DYN CORP has the contract for Iraqi police and corrections, just like in Bosnia.:grr:
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drfemoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:33 PM
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27. So THAT's who shrub was referring to in the
SOTU speech. Remember, he mentioned something about "sex slave rings" .. everyone was goin' whaaaa? What a TOAD! He's known about it all along ...........
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:47 PM
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2. The woman said that this would come out in the near future
but she would not name her source when Randi asked.....

So it's meaningless (for now).
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:54 PM
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8. Precisely--let's see how this pans out. nt
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:50 PM
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3. Sy Hersh alluded to this on Charlie Rose the other night. Robert Baer
also said that there would be other photos and other incidents. And, remember one cell block was for women and juveniles.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:52 PM
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5. thanks, Koko
this is so sad.

disgustingly sad.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:53 PM
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6. Randi's asking for proof--damaging to our side if theis can't
be proven.

Caller does say she has proof; I'm unconvincible until I see more.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:54 PM
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7. i saw photos he at DU the other day of 3 soldiers raping arab women....
they were at the bottom of they naked Iraqi prisoner photos...if anyone has the link....please post it again?
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:56 PM
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9. There are "faked" pix going around, those might be them
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MadAsHellNewYorker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:57 PM
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10. dupe
I dont know the link, but I think it was just a porn some took stills from...
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LizW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:57 PM
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11. Hersh said that there is video
of men doing things to young boys that you wouldn't want to talk about on television. He seemed absolutely convinced that this is out there and that it is genuine.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:29 PM
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24. We had Catholic priests in Iraqi Prisons?
Only kidding. Man, this gets sicker and more twisted every day.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:59 PM
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12. I sincerely hope to God there isn't
and that there isn't because the conduct described never happened. As bad as the behavior described was, it wasn't raping children. There is virtually nothing worse than that. I am really worried for people like Maulpin who are being held as we type. If our people raped their kids, then God help Mr. Maulpin.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:03 PM
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13. Pity all our troops as they brave this stupid war/conflict/occupation
They gatta be worried as it is,,,, never mind the thought of being victims of revenge rapes....
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:04 PM
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14. If Americans raped their kids, God help us all
Then it won't just be the wacko terrorists who have it in for us, it will be the whole world.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:16 PM
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16. I doubt if we've seen everything CBS has available
However we do know that a contractor raped a young man and a videocamera was present. Whether this tape materializes remains to be seen.
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:20 PM
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18. Contractors? No problem!
They're above the law. (Or should that be, beneath?) That's the beauty of a privatized war.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:20 PM
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19. To have W "apologize" there must be more
Edited on Wed May-05-04 03:21 PM by robbedvoter
I heard a snippet where he basically sez that the difference between us and saddam is that we investigate and punish such actions. So, the rape rooms were still in action. let's see the 'investigation"


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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:30 PM
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26. Bush has NOT apologized. n/t
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:36 PM
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29. You missed my " ". By GOP standards, he did.
Of course, the victims feel he added insult to injury. But the name of the PR activity was "apology". Freepers saw it as such and hated it.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:21 PM
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20. boys, not men.
According to Hersh it's juveniles, which is a sanitized way of saying children.
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:09 PM
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21. I think this is extrapolating from something Sy Hersh said
on the Diane Rehm show yesturday -- here's a basic transcript of what he says responding to a question about female prisoners:



"oh god, well there was a separate wing for women and juveniles and um, um, um I can just tell you there's videotape of some very horrible things happening to some of the young boys in that jail so we haven't seen the end of this."


(48 ish mins in)
http://www.wamu.org/ram/2004/r1040504.ram
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:16 PM
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22. I really hope...
that's just an unfounded rumor. If it is true, then the fury that will be unleashed towards the troops in Iraq and possible attacks here will be incalculable.

The enmity it will cause towards the US will not be repaired in my grand-children's lifetime. Oh, and they haven't been born yet. They haven't even been conceived yet. You get the point.
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:19 PM
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23. Is that the sound of Arabs strapping on bombs.

These ville excuses for people could not have done more to play into Bin-Ladens hands. Raping Iraqi Children I hope with every fiber of my being that these Sick Fucks get everything they deserve and then some.

This is like living in some alternate Universe where the News only gets Sicker and Sicker.

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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:29 PM
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25. Catwoman....
Your poor kitty's tongue is purple.. Been at the "koolaid", eh??

mopaul needs to make it less purple :).. (Is he a closet cat-hater?)..:evilgrin:
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Malva Zebrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 04:34 PM
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28. I wonder who that caller was
she had to change her approach to : it was her prediction.
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