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Published On: Sep 11, 2004 09:51 PM
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Published On: Sep 11, 2004 09:51 PM
The M.O. of M.I. and MSNBC
MSNBC received this "exclusive" photo from Guy
Womack, the attorney for Spc. Charles A. Graner Jr, one of the officers at Abu
Ghraib. He's the one leaning on the wall. According to the article, Graner took
the photo to prove that he had received orders from military intelligence
officers in charge of interrogations, whom he identified in the photo. If his
story is true, there are several violations of the Geneva
Conventions.
But that's not the interesting part of this story. Truthout.org reported that MSNBC ran a different version of this story earlier in the day before removing the photo and changing the content. The photo is back on the MSNBC story, but a large chunk of the earlier version that truthout.org posted was cut out. I was curious about what content was changed, so I compared them. Besides a section about Rumsfeld and others advising not to release more photos, the following sex-filled section, containing a mention of the perv Leo Merck whom I pointed out before, was excised:
"Lax Conditions at Abu Ghraib Described
Meanwhile, U.S. troops who served at Abu Ghraib said Thursday that sex and alcoholism were commonplace among guards even though they were forbidden. Soldiers even set up a candle-lit room for sex shows, they said.
"There was lots of affairs. There was all kinds of adultery and alcoholism and all kinds of crap going on," Dave Bischel, a National Guardsman with the 870th Military Police unit, told Reuters. Bischel returned home last month after service at Abu Ghraib.
The statements added to the reactions of lawmakers who viewed the hundreds of photos and video clips shot at Abu Ghraib. The New York Post quoted a member of Congress as saying on condition of anonymity that among the materials were numerous images showing England having sex with numerous partners.
"It appeared to be consensual," the lawmaker said. The newspaper quoted another lawmaker as saying, "Almost everybody was naked all the time."
Bischel told Reuters: "There was a bed found in one of the abandoned buildings. There was a mattress on the ground. They had chairs all circled around it and candles all over the place. Chairs [were] around it obviously for an audience."
Sex rumors were rampant among those serving in Abu Ghraib. "One of the female soldiers supposedly had sex in a gang bang," said Terry Stowe, another California MP who has since returned home. "From time to time, things like this would happen."
Sgt. Mike Sindar said there were also whispers that some soldiers had sex with Iraqi inmates.
Capt. Patrick Swan, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, described a "no-sex policy in theater," which means soldiers are forbidden to have sex anywhere in Iraq.
Lust apparently led to the dismissal of the 870th unit's first commander, Capt. Leo Merck, on charges that he photographed his female soldiers as they showered. At least one soldier said others had photographed naked female soldiers in the showers.
The 870th had just six females out of 124 MPs, but other U.S. units serving at Abu Ghraib had higher ratios of women."
No wonder they cut out this section—it would probably disgust and outrage some Americans more than the descriptions of torture. I mean, sheesh, they turned a prison into an orgy den! Marquis de Sade would have been proud.
What I don't like about what's happening now, however, is that the lower ranking soldiers are being set to take the heat for everybody in this "The Buck Stops There" administration.
But that's not the interesting part of this story. Truthout.org reported that MSNBC ran a different version of this story earlier in the day before removing the photo and changing the content. The photo is back on the MSNBC story, but a large chunk of the earlier version that truthout.org posted was cut out. I was curious about what content was changed, so I compared them. Besides a section about Rumsfeld and others advising not to release more photos, the following sex-filled section, containing a mention of the perv Leo Merck whom I pointed out before, was excised:
"Lax Conditions at Abu Ghraib Described
Meanwhile, U.S. troops who served at Abu Ghraib said Thursday that sex and alcoholism were commonplace among guards even though they were forbidden. Soldiers even set up a candle-lit room for sex shows, they said.
"There was lots of affairs. There was all kinds of adultery and alcoholism and all kinds of crap going on," Dave Bischel, a National Guardsman with the 870th Military Police unit, told Reuters. Bischel returned home last month after service at Abu Ghraib.
The statements added to the reactions of lawmakers who viewed the hundreds of photos and video clips shot at Abu Ghraib. The New York Post quoted a member of Congress as saying on condition of anonymity that among the materials were numerous images showing England having sex with numerous partners.
"It appeared to be consensual," the lawmaker said. The newspaper quoted another lawmaker as saying, "Almost everybody was naked all the time."
Bischel told Reuters: "There was a bed found in one of the abandoned buildings. There was a mattress on the ground. They had chairs all circled around it and candles all over the place. Chairs [were] around it obviously for an audience."
Sex rumors were rampant among those serving in Abu Ghraib. "One of the female soldiers supposedly had sex in a gang bang," said Terry Stowe, another California MP who has since returned home. "From time to time, things like this would happen."
Sgt. Mike Sindar said there were also whispers that some soldiers had sex with Iraqi inmates.
Capt. Patrick Swan, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, described a "no-sex policy in theater," which means soldiers are forbidden to have sex anywhere in Iraq.
Lust apparently led to the dismissal of the 870th unit's first commander, Capt. Leo Merck, on charges that he photographed his female soldiers as they showered. At least one soldier said others had photographed naked female soldiers in the showers.
The 870th had just six females out of 124 MPs, but other U.S. units serving at Abu Ghraib had higher ratios of women."
No wonder they cut out this section—it would probably disgust and outrage some Americans more than the descriptions of torture. I mean, sheesh, they turned a prison into an orgy den! Marquis de Sade would have been proud.
What I don't like about what's happening now, however, is that the lower ranking soldiers are being set to take the heat for everybody in this "The Buck Stops There" administration.
Posted: Fri - May 14, 2004 at 12:45 AM |