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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:27 PM Original message |
Pentagon denies report Iraq prison photos show rape |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I very skeptical of the Pentagon saying that there hasn't been rape |
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Old Coot (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. They didn't say there hadn't been rape, just that those photos don't show it. nt |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Your are right .... show the pictures....because if this is not true |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Hmm... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Gen Taguba saw them... (n/t) |
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ddiver (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. What about when the White House says it? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I don't think Judith Miller works for the Telegraph.. n/t |
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ddiver (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Sorry, you lost me. What does Judith Miller have to do with the WH spokesman? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The WH spokesman was snarking on British newspapers.. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well it's easy to prove the Telegraph wrong - |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. If waterboarding isn't torture, I wonder what isn't rape? nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Ding ding. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. GREAT question. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. I consider an official denial as confirmation that the pictures DO show rape. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, that's good enough for me. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. No photos, just video tapes: |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Linky broken... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Prove it! Prove there are no photos of detainee rape! |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. so here come the pics, I bet. coming soon. mark my words this is predictable. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The Pentagon must feel certain they wont be released. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. It's been too many years - |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. I so hope you're right. nt |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. So General Taguba is a liar??? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I was just about to post that, too! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. If even a single picture comes out showing rape, in any form, |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. If its "no worse" than why must they be withheld? I thought it was to protect our soldiers? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. So Taguba's lying? Why would he? nt |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. It wasn't a newspaper report as the Pentagon wants us to believe |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. After The First Batch Of Pics Came Out There Was A Discussion In The Media Of A Second Batch...... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. I suppose they should release the photos since that is the only way these rumours will be quashed. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. They're parsing the definition. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Makes sense - if a blow job is not sex, and a teenage girl can have anal |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. I think you're right that they're playing semantics... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. One of those photos floating around shows a man in a military uniform... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Are they claiming it was consensual? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. It Could Well Be That The Stories Are Intentionally More Lurid |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I couldn't look either, but I want them released so the braver folks can bring justice for all. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Here are the actual verbal descriptions, from Taguba's Report |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is why the pictures should be released |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Cool BASS, Rocker! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Old Nazi defense... never admit anything |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. The article points out that TELEGRAPH has gotten picture stories wrong before: |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. Umm.. there are pictures floating around on websites showing a woman getting raped |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. I saw some of the pictures yesterday |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's not rape. It's "Enhanced Fornication." n/t |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. maybe a few slipped out that aren't in the Pentagon's clutches |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. well duh! |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. perhaps parsing? "Rape" is an action - the photos are still images |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sy Hersh says they do depict rape. |
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telmerc (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Me not so much |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. "My case is not the strongest case" ... at least you got that part right! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Have a nice visit! |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Pentagon has as much credibility as the CIA! |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. Flashback: Torture photos depict ‘rape and murder,’ Sen. L. Graham said in 2004 |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. PROVE IT! Otherwise, you Pentagon f'ers are lying sacks of sh*t. Prove it COWARDS! n/t |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Pentagon and White House are lying sacks of shit, then. And lying about torture and rape. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
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telmerc (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. ummmm |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. Bryan Whitman, you're on the list. n/t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
56. Hmm. Doesn't he have that back-asswards? |
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