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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
05 May 2004 07:43:24 PM |
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Rummy to stick his can on the hot seat about Iraq atrocities. |
From Reuters, 5/5/04:
http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/401504|top|05-05-2004::12:06|reuters.html
Rumsfeld Called to Testify at Iraq Abuse Hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been asked to testify at a
public hearing tentatively set for Thursday on the scandal over abuse
of Iraqi prisoners, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John
Warner said on Wednesday.
Warner, a Virginia Republican, called the allegations of mistreatment
by U.S. troops "an appalling and totally unacceptable break of
military regulations and conduct."
He said Rumsfeld and the other civilians who control the military
"have the ultimate responsibility of the actions of the men and women
in uniform."
Rumsfeld said on Wednesday "any American" felt apologetic for abuses
of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers but stopped short of offering a
direct apology himself.
Asked on ABC's morning television show whether he would like to
apologize to the Iraqi people, he replied:
"Oh my goodness, any American who sees the photographs that we have
seen has to feel apologetic to the Iraqi people who were abused and
recognize that that is something that is unacceptable and
un-American."
Rumsfeld was asked at a news conference on Tuesday whether he would
offer an apology to the Iraqi people over abuses by U.S. soldiers at
an Iraqi prison.
He declined to give one then.
Photographs showing Iraqi prisoners stripped of their clothes and
being humiliated and abused have badly damaged U.S. prestige and
credibility, especially in the Arab world.
There has also been anger at home and Congress has called for public
hearings on the scandal.
Two Iraqi prisoners have been murdered by Americans and 23 other
deaths are being investigated in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United
States revealed on Tuesday.
Pressed over whether he might be forced to resign over the scandal,
Rumsfeld did not reply directly to the question.
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It would be great to see this arrogant scumbag grovel,
but.............................
Harry
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