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England Pleads Guilty to Abuse Charges

By T.A. BADGER, Associated Press Writer 36 minutes ago

FORT HOOD, Texas - Pfc. Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most graphic photographs depicting physical mistreatment and sexual humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty Monday to charges arising from her role in the abuse scandal.

The 22-year-old Army reservist entered her pleas to two counts of conspiracy to maltreat prisoners, four counts of maltreating prisoners and one count of committing an indecent act.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050502/ap_on_re_us/prisoner_abuse_england


Italy Challenges U.S. Over Agent's Death

By AIDAN LEWIS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

ROME - Italy is challenging a U.S. report that cleared American soldiers of wrongdoing in the shooting of an Italian agent in Baghdad, a case that has sorely tested one of Washington's staunchest allies in Iraq.

The Italian investigation of the death of Nicola Calipari found there were coordination problems among officials in Iraq and problems with the rules of engagement for checkpoints, Italy's foreign ministry said on its Web site ahead of the report's release Monday.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=3&u=/ap/20050502/ap_on_re_eu/italy_us_iraq

old things

i forgot to post about anniversaries
the 30th anniversary of the khymer rouge
galipoli
and other stuffs that i usually post about
oh well

Comments

[ex-amayos553.livejournal.com]

What strikes me odd about the Abu Ghraib incident is how much reaction it got and how much it turned the stomachs of people in the Hypnotic States of America. I remember thinking to myself when news of this first broke out, 'yeah, what's the point? Oh, I see . . . this must be the first time torture has happened in war.'

Duh. It's war. People killl other people, are mean to them, and break shit. That's what war is. Everyone is watching too much Star Trek lately.

[evheidegger.livejournal.com]

That's true. I didn't expect such a massive outpouring of outrage from some of the quarters whence it came; rather, I expected people to excuse it, reflecting realistic sentiments similar to those contained in your second paragraph.

Still -- and I'm saying this as someone who was in favor of the invasion -- I think the anger over the incident was a good thing. It's not only the reasons for entering a war that should be carefully examined and evaluated, but also the manner in which the war is conducted.

Mmhmm

[ex-amayos553.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed—I think things could have been implemented with a far better stratagem in mind. It's as if Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their top hawks never studied the wisdom of Machievelli, Sun Zu, Grant, or even Mr. McNamara's  memoirs for that matter. It astounds me how—even to this moment—the proper resources and level of seriousness and consideration never seem fully appropriated to the occupation.

I have a funny feeling that Iraq might very well collapse behind us when we pull out—much like Saigon did. I hope I'm wrong . . . I really do.

Re: Mmhmm

[shadow27.livejournal.com]

's as if Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their top hawks never studied the wisdom of Machievelli, Sun Zu, Grant, or even Mr. McNamara's memoirs for that matter.


What about Colin Powell? He was working for them, advocating overwhelming force and a broad base of allies.

Incidentaly I heard on NPR the whistleblower from Abu Ghraib is inprotective custody because he recieved so many threats on his life.