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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:22 AM
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I'm sorry my government tortured you, David
I'm sorry my government tortured you, David

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He was injected in the back of his neck with unknown drugs. He was sodomized with a foreign object. He spent nearly a year in solitary confinement. He was beaten once for ten hours. He was threatened with death. He was placed in painful stress positions. He was exposed to extremely cold temperatures, loud music and strobe lights designed to disorient his senses.

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the rest:
http://www.truth-out.org/my-tortured-journey-with-former-guantanamo-detainee-david-hicks67815
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/17/945787/-Im-sorry-my-government-tortured-you,-David
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:23 AM
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1. Even if this is half true it's sick on so many levels.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:24 AM
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3. What if none of it is true?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:23 AM
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2. K&R
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:24 AM
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4. Solly Mack
what would my day on DU be like without YOU?
thanks for being here,
peace, kpete
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:28 AM
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5. Oh wow. Thanks, kpete. I look forward to seeing you and your postings every day.
It wouldn't be the same around here without you.
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:37 AM
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6. "Sorry" isn't enough. We need to PROSECUTE war crimes.
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:45 AM
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7. We'll never prosecute war crimes committed by us! It was in our name.
We can't do that because one, it's too hypocritical and two, because we have better things to do, e.g., bestowing a medal to the patriarch of chief torture monger. imho
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:48 AM
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8. I put the interview in DU's editorial section
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