Torture at Guantanamo by SignyM

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Torture at Guantanamo

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Friday, May 15, 2009 07:35
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Friday, May 15, 2009 5:59 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals

www.alternet.org/rights/140022/little_known_military_thug_squad_still_
brutalizing_prisoners_at_gitmo_under_obama/

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We should have strapped him into a glider, filled it nose heavy w/ explosives, and dropped his Allah lovin' ass into a large, empty field. After which, release wild boars into the area so they could make good use of his remains. Now THAT's justice.- rappy

Yeah, that's what Sheikh Issa said. Seems you both have a lot in common.- signy

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Friday, May 15, 2009 7:35 AM

GINOBIFFARONI

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,625068,00.html

Does America Need a Truth Commission for Torture?

President Barack Obama has shied away from publishing more torture images from Abu Ghraib and is leaning toward continuing the military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees. German commentators worry that the new president will be weighed down by his predecessor.

In the early weeks of his presidency, Barack Obama made huge strides in overturning the widely condemned political legacy of George W. Bush. He reached out to Muslims, reversed Washington's myopic environmental policies and began rebuilding frayed relations with US allies in Europe and elsewhere.

US President Barack Obama has come under fire for his decision to resist the release of Abu Ghraib torture photos.
This week, though, has shown that some Bush-era stains aren't so easy to wipe away. On the first day of his term, Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo prison and ordered that all hearings underway in the military tribunal system set up by the Bush administration be halted pending review.

The hurdles to integrating the cases into the US justice system ultimately proved too high, though, and Obama administration officials said on Thursday that the president had decided to go on using the military commission system. Though a few changes will be introduced to improve the system's fairness, the decision promises to unleash a new wave of criticism from civil rights groups who have accused Obama of not reversing enough Bush policy.

Mind you, I think the situation has gone beyond the US gov policing itself. An investigation by the ICC, and if warranted prosecution by the same organization, may be the only way to clean out the rot.

" They don't hate America, they hate Americans " Homer Simpson

Lets party like its 1939

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