Iraqis want our soldiers involved in prison abuse executed.

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Detainees’ families want soldiers executed

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, relatives of those still held at the Abu Ghraib prison said Tuesday that the only suitable punishment would be death, illustrating the potential gap in expectations in the case.

“If they actually committed such offenses, they should be executed,” Odai Ibrahim, 55, said as he waited in a line with hundreds of other Iraqis to visit relatives at Abu Ghraib, the prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad that was notorious as the site of executions and torture during former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime.

But the first defendant, Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits, faces only a year in prison, a fine, a reduction in pay and a bad conduct discharge. He has cooperated with authorities and is expected to testify against the others, who face more serious charges.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5006372/

[DrWeird]

1. Can't say I blame them.

We used to hang nazi war criminals too.

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2. We hung the Japanese too.

[DrWeird]

3. Yup. They treated their prisoners horribly too.

Just like Americans.

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4. One other point. We allowed the countries who's people were abused to be

on the prosecution teams and to serve as judges.

[whistle]

5. Maybe the BushCo war crimes trials should be conducted...

...in Iraq also.

[Alerter_]

6. What about Gene Ray, Titan, and Jack London, CACI? The Torture Companies

http://www.smartmoney.com/news/on/index.cfm?story=ON-20040505-000631-1034
http://www.freshnews.com/news/other-tech-areas/article_17906.html