Did You Know the House voted to destroy Abu Graib?

[donsu]

http://hoffmania.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_hoffmania_archive.html#108509636317362877

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House Votes to Destroy Iraqi Prison

A proposal to destroy the prison where Iraqi detainees were abused moved forward Thursday as lawmakers voted to include it in a defense spending bill.

The measure, by Pennsylvania Reps. Curt Weldon, a Republican, and John P. Murtha, a Democrat, would demolish the Abu Ghraib prison and build a modern detention facility in its place. It was included in a $422 billion defense authorization bill the House approved Thursday.

"This prison was a symbol of terrorism under Saddam, and it was an institution that the Iraqi people despised," Weldon said.

The abuse that happened at the prison "really created a bad perception in Iraq," Weldon said. "So my feeling is, tear it down. Get rid of it. Not just because of what a few soldiers did, but because of also because of what that symbol meant to Saddam, and show the Iraqi people, 'Hey, we don't want that kind of torture anymore.'"
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what the hell else was in the defense authorization bill?

[BayCityProgressive]

1. yay

tear it down to build one bigger and better with all kinds of new torture toys!

[shraby]

2. They instead should

build a hospital or university in its spot if they are going to build anything.

[donsu]

3. yes, it's building new prison on the ghost of Abu Graib

not good vibes

[Cleita]

4. I'm not against them tearing it down, but they shouldn't build

another one in it's place. The US shouldn't have anything to do with this. The Iraqis should be allowed to tear it down without any American interference and they should be allowed to build what they want on it. I might guess that they would want to make some kind of park and memorial out of it.

[kayell]

5. That prison is a massive crime scene

It needs to stand until a group of international investigators can go over it with a fine tooth comb.

[Eric J in MN]

6. The easy answer.

Instead of new criminal penalties for the mistreatment of ANY prisoner...

Instead of new mechanisms for oversight...

Let's tear down the building, and put a newer prison there. It's the building's fault.

[Brian_Expat]

7. I'm going to vomit

Everything this country is supposed to stand for is being swept away by these thugs and their showmanship.