Oh Oh!! US prison chief arrested in Iraq

[malaise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6594937.stm
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The commander of a major US military prison in Iraq has been arrested for offences including aiding the enemy.

Lt Col William Steele is accused of giving detainees free use of a mobile phone at Camp Cropper and fraternising with the daughter of a detainee.

It is the latest of several scandals involving US jails in Iraq, the worst being the 2003 Abu Ghraib abuse case.

Col Steele is also accused of improper behaviour with his Iraqi interpreter and holding unauthorised information.

There are four overall charges against Col Steele and nine specific alleged offences. He was arrested last month and is being detained in Kuwait, a US military spokeswoman said.

[Ian David]

1. William Steele. Too bad his name isn't Richard Steele. Oh, well. n/t

[Richard Steele]

5. I heard that!

:evilfrown:

[xultar]

2. Something is fishy about this.

That's all I'm sayin.

[JuniperLea]

3. I smell it too

My first thought... someone needs another scapegoat... someone feels the need to show another the view from under the bus...

[xultar]

10. Apparently he didn't kill anyone...so they arrest him but can't arrest any higher ups for killing

detainees.

Something ain't quite right here.

He let some people use a cell phone big deal. He had info. Big deal. He behaved inappropriately big deal.

They arrest him.

But they couldn't find any Lt Col to arrest who commanded people who killed.


NICE...I'm not buyin the shit.

[JuniperLea]

11. Anyone else questioning this...

Has the easy out... "can't comment about an ongoing investigation"...

My first thought whenever a branch of the government investigates one of their own. It's not a real investigation, just an out for the real criminals.

[Roland99]

4. This happened last week didn't it?

[Disturbed]

6. "He was arrested last month."

We only hear about it now?

Talk about slow news!

[malaise]

8. Yep but I didn't see anything

about it.

[malaise]

7. Wondered about that too

Also not being covered on MSM.

[Disturbed]

9. Camp Cropper is the place where an Iraq General was

"accidentaly" killed when someone sat on his chest and he stopped breathing. I read that this place was actually worse that Abu Graib.

Injustice & Iraq : United States Concentration Camps
The Ugly Truth Of America's Camp Cropper, A Story To Shame Us All
by Robert Fisk

July 24, 2003
Independent/UK
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Now here's a story to shame us all. It's about America's shameful prison camps in Iraq. It's about the beating of prisoners during interrogation.

"Sources" may be a dubious word in journalism right now, but the sources for the beatings in Iraq are impeccable. This story is also about the gunning down of three prisoners in Baghdad, two of them "while trying to escape". But most of all, it's about Qais Mohamed al-Salman. Qais al-Salman is just the sort of guy the US ambassador Paul Bremer and his dead-end assistants need now. He hated Saddam, fled Iraq in 1976, then returned after the "liberation" with a briefcase literally full of plans to help in the restoration of his country's infrastructure and water purification system.

He's an engineer who has worked in Africa, Asia and Europe. He is a Danish citizen. He speaks good English. He even likes America. Or did until 6 June this year.

That day he was travelling in Abu Nawas Street when his car came under American fire. He says he never saw a checkpoint. Bullets hit the tyres and his driver and another passenger ran for their lives. Qais al-Salman stood meekly beside the vehicle. He was carrying his Danish passport, Danish driving licence and medical records.

The entire Article here:

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=3947

[malaise]

12. WTF?

Sure know how to win hearts and minds.