Sorry, I don't read Worker's World Daily...

Stan,

Neither do I.

Maybe Josh canhelp us and present some facts rather than communist propaganda.

Dear moron,

It's fascinating watching you idiots try to justify your ignorance by
calling anyone who takes the time to read the news a communist. I'm
amazed you dipshits can even spell your names.

Anyway, since I know you won't have come across this, since it would
require that you actually be interested in being informed, I'm
offering you this story from today's AP Wire.


Abu Ghraib report faults top officials

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By Robert Burns

Aug. 24, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's most senior
civilian and military officials share a portion of blame for creating
conditions that led to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq,
according to a new report.

The report, by a commission appointed by Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld, was briefing Rumsfeld on its findings and recommendations
Tuesday in advance of a Pentagon news conference to release the
details. The commission was headed by James Schlesinger, a former
secretary of defense.

A person familiar with the report said it implicitly faulted Rumsfeld
and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by
finding that those responsible for the military prison system in Iraq
were operating under confusing policies on allowable interrogation
techniques. The person discussed some aspects of the report on
condition of anonymity.

The question of how high responsibility for the abuse goes continues
to be one of the central unanswered questions in the scandal -- and it
is key to the ongoing criminal cases against several low-ranking
military police soldiers charged with mistreatment of detainees at Abu
Ghraib.

The U.S. military judge hearing the Abu Ghraib abuse case in Mannheim,
Germany, said Tuesday that prosecutors have until Sept. 17 to convince
him that top military intelligence commanders should not be forced to
testify under a grant of immunity.

The judge, Col. James Pohl, also rejected a request from the attorney
for Spc. Javal Davis for Rumsfeld and his chief deputy for
intelligence, Stephen Cambone, to submit to an interview, but said the
request could be brought back if the defense can fill in some of the
gaps.

"There's got to be some links in that chain," Pohl said.

Davis and the five other military police accused of abusing prisoners
at the prison near Baghdad insist they were following orders from
military intelligence officers and civilian contractors. A seventh
soldier, Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., pleaded guilty May 19
to taking pictures of naked prisoners and was sentenced to a year in
prison.

None of the investigations has found that Rumsfeld or Myers ordered or
encouraged any mistreatment of prisoners. In May, Rumsfeld told the
House and Senate that as secretary of defense "I am accountable" for
the events at Abu Ghraib and he issued "my deepest apologies" to the
Iraqis who were abused.

Also faulted by the Schlesinger commission is Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo
Sanchez, who was the top field commander in Iraq at the time of the
reported abuses last fall.

Sanchez also takes a portion of the blame in a separate Army
investigation which looked specifically at the role of military
intelligence soldiers. That probe has been completed and is expected
to be publicly released as early as Wednesday.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan, with President Bush at the
president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, had no immediate comment on the
Schlesinger report.

"I think we'll wait until we see the full report," McClellan said. "I
fully expect the president will be briefed on any and all reports from
these investigations."

The Army report, initially headed by Maj. Gen. George Fay, says at
least two dozen lower-ranking military intelligence soldiers, as well
as civilian contractors, were responsible for the abuses, which were
depicted in photographs and videos taken by U.S. soldiers.

The New York Times said in Tuesday editions the report also blames
Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski -- commander of the 800th Military Police
Brigade at Abu Ghraib -- for faulty leadership. She has been faulted
in other investigation reports but has denied knowing about any abuses
until they become public.

The Schlesinger commission interviewed Rumsfeld twice during its
investigation, which began in May. The three other commission members
are former defense secretary Harold Brown, former Republican Rep.
Tillie Fowler of Florida, and retired Air Force Gen. Charles Horner.

When he chartered the commission, Rumsfeld told its members that he
wanted independent advice on a wide range of issues related to the
abuse allegations. "I am especially interested in your views on the
cause of the problems and what should be done to fix them," he wrote
at the time.

Fay's investigation concluded that Sanchez failed to deal with rising
problems at the prison as he tried to manage 150,000 troops countering
an unexpected insurgency. But Sanchez will not be recommended for any
punitive action or even a letter of reprimand, a Pentagon official
told the Washington Post.

The Army report also says soldiers used police dogs to intimidate
Iraqi detainees as young as 15, the Post said.

Handlers have told investigators that the use of unmuzzled military
police dogs was sanctioned by top military intelligence officers. But
the new report will show that MPs were using their animals to threaten
detainees as part of an unusual competition among themselves -- not in
accordance with intelligence officers -- the Post reported, citing a
Pentagon source.

Both reports will be reviewed by the Senate Armed Services Committee
in hearings scheduled for Sept. 9.

(Subs 5th paragraph to correct that Sept. 17 is deadline for
prosecutors to make case against granting immunity, instead of
deadline for filing charges.)