Life in Liberated Iraq

Chris Alger · #1 03-01-2005, 12:54 PM

Sound familiar? According to Human Rights Watch (and since supported by the State Department's own Human Rights survey), throughout 2004 the Iraqi regime installed by the U.S. engaged in <ul type="square">"the systematic use of arbitrary arrest, prolonged pre-trial detention without judicial review, torture and ill-treatment of detainees, denial of access by families and lawyers to detainees, improper treatment of detained children, and abysmal conditions in pre-trial detention facilities. Trials are marred by inadequate legal representation and the acceptance of coerced confessions as evidence. Persons tortured or mistreated have inadequate access to health care and no realistic avenue for legal redress. With rare exception, Iraqi authorities have failedto investigateand punish officials responsible for violations. International police advisers, primarily U.S. citizens funded through the United States, have turned a blind eye to these rampant abuses."[/list]Like they say, there's a long road ahead, so more of this to come. We're just getting warmed up.

jaxmike · #2 03-01-2005, 01:22 PM

better than rape rooms and using WMDs on your own people if its even true, or true to the degree they are trying to imply, but i dont believe.

Warchant88 · #3 03-01-2005, 01:24 PM

Detention facilities aren't supposed to have good conditions.

thatpfunk · #4 03-01-2005, 01:25 PM

jax, what sources do you believe then? did u even bother looking? thats ridiculous.

Il_Mostro · #5 03-01-2005, 02:10 PM

and why, pray tell, is that?

Il_Mostro · #6 03-01-2005, 02:12 PM

I get the feeling that you will not belive anyone who do not think exactly like you. Human rights watch and your own state department, ok, don't belive them if you wish, but who do you belive?

jaxmike · #7 03-01-2005, 02:51 PM

i dont believe liberal sources because they have consistently and unremorsefully lied about just about everything. that said, i dont believe conservative sources either, though they are much harder to find.

KJS · #8 03-01-2005, 06:33 PM

The US State Department report on Human Rights worldwide echoed these claims by Human Rights Watch. Hardly a liberal source. And not hard to find.

KJS

jaxmike · #9 03-01-2005, 06:34 PM

are you actually trying to claim that the US State Department is not liberal?

TransientR · #10 03-01-2005, 07:45 PM

Jax,

I can tell nothing is going to budge you from your thick headed opinions, so unlike others, I won't even try. Best of luck navigating with such a faulty compass....

Frank