From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:38:01 -0400, Adam 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>> It's still happening now. & there are US troops on the
ground (you may
>>>> have noticed that). So exactly where does that place the
US? Are they
>>>> accomplices to murder/torture rooms?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>  You show me one prison devoted to holding and executing children,
>>> slimeball.
>>>
>>
>> Nah they chuck them in with their elders
>>
>> http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-salam201205.htm
>>
>> http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051116-121614-5775r_page2.htm
>>
>> There are others from different times & places.
>>
>> http://www.sundayherald.com/43796
>>
>> "A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that coalition forces are
>> holding more than 100 children in jails such as Abu Ghraib. Witnesses
>> claim that the detainees - some as young as 10 - are also being
>> subjected to rape and torture
>> By Neil Mackay
>>
>>
>> It was early last October that Kasim Mehaddi Hilas says he witnessed the
>> rape of a boy prisoner aged about 15 in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison
>> in Iraq. "The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors
>> with sheets," he said in a statement given to investigators probing
>> prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib. "Then, when I heard the screaming I
>> climbed the door . and I saw [the soldier's name is deleted] who was
>> wearing a military uniform." Hilas, who was himself threatened with
>> being sexually assaulted in Abu Graib, then describes in horrific detail
>> how the soldier raped "the little kid".
>>
>> In another witness statement, passed to the Sunday Herald, former
>> prisoner Thaar Salman Dawod said: "[I saw] two boys naked and they were
>> cuffed together face to face and [a US soldier] was beating them and a
>> group of guards were watching and taking pictures and there was three
>> female soldiers laughing at the prisoners. The prisoners, two of them,
>> were young."
>>
>> It's not certain exactly how many children are being held by coalition
>> forces in Iraq, but a Sunday Herald investigation suggests there are up
>> to 107. Their names are not known, nor is where they are being kept, how
>> long they will be held or what has happened to them during their
>> detention."
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4339511.stm
>>
>> "hildren as young as 11 years old were held at Abu Ghraib, the Iraqi
>> prison at the centre of the US prisoner abuse scandal, official
>> documents reveal.
>>
>> Brig Gen Janis Karpinski, formerly in charge of the jail, gave details
>> of young people and women held there.
>>
>> Her assertion was among documents obtained via legal action by the
>> American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
>>
>> The Pentagon has admitted juveniles were among the detainees, but said
>> no child was subject to any abuse.
>>
>> Brig Gen Karpinski made her remarks in an interview with a general
>> investigating the abuses at the prison. "
>>
>>
>> But hey it's not like anyone ever accused you of being well informed.
>>
>> Adam
>
> These problems are NOT equivalent to Saddam's deathcamps for tykes.  I
> assume there are no juveniles currently held in your jails?
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

Saddam's death camps for tykes  ? That's a new one to me.

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