billvon 3,107 #1 July 8, 2004 Abu Ghraib 1 was a disaster for the US - papers around the world showed pictures of the US torturing Iraqis in a manner that would have made Saddam proud. If there was one good thing to come out of that whole episode, it was that the abuses were brought to the world's attention, and there was pressure to stop them. And it was looking like we did. But today there's this from a German paper (complete with torturous Google translation:) --------------------------------------------------- US soldiers are to have abused arrested children More than hundred children are after information of the international red cross in Iraqi prisons arrested, among them also in the notorious prison Abu Ghureib. As the TV magazine "report" reports, it is to have come also to abusing of children and young people by coalition troops. Mainz - "we registered this yearly between January and May altogether 107 children, during 19 attendance at six different detention places", the speaker of the international red cross (IKRK) said . . The child welfare organization of the United Nations (Unicef) confirms the capture of Iraqi children by foreign military . . . ----------------------------------------------------- Story here. Any German readers want to verify that the translation is as Google claims? I sure hope it's wrong. If it's not, it is our troops that will pay the price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #2 July 8, 2004 Any other confirmation? Are they little children or 16+ year olds as indicated? -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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