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smg01Red Cross says it reported extensive abuse
The international Red Cross saw U.S. military intelligence officers mistreating prisoners under interrogation and heard allegations of abuses during arrests of Iraqis, up to 90 percent of whom were detained by mistake, according to a report by the agency disclosed Monday.
President Bush said the mistreatment "was the wrongdoing of a few," but the report by the International Committee of the Red Cross backs up with detail the neutral agency's contention that U.S. prisoner abuse was broad and part of a system, "not individual acts."
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This weekend, I also saw show on the History Channel about torture. It was giving a basic history of torture and showing historical torture devices and how they were used (I had to keep covering my eyes). But the most disturbing part for me was when they got to modern day torture. There are people the psychiatric fields who now specialize in helping survivors of torture. That there even has to career field that specializes in this is heartbreaking to me. And beyond that, the statement that is still ringing in my ears is the comment that torture seems to be on the rise world wide.
One of the interviewees, evidently in response to the question of what can we do about this, said that for one thing we can become educated about this issue and not let it fester in the dark where it just grows and grows and becomes more and more monstrous. So, I'm going to try to set that as a goal for myself as a first step. Because I want to do something. Nameless, faceless people all over the world are suffering untold horrors. And I just can't get that out my mind.
The international Red Cross saw U.S. military intelligence officers mistreating prisoners under interrogation and heard allegations of abuses during arrests of Iraqis, up to 90 percent of whom were detained by mistake, according to a report by the agency disclosed Monday.
President Bush said the mistreatment "was the wrongdoing of a few," but the report by the International Committee of the Red Cross backs up with detail the neutral agency's contention that U.S. prisoner abuse was broad and part of a system, "not individual acts."
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This weekend, I also saw show on the History Channel about torture. It was giving a basic history of torture and showing historical torture devices and how they were used (I had to keep covering my eyes). But the most disturbing part for me was when they got to modern day torture. There are people the psychiatric fields who now specialize in helping survivors of torture. That there even has to career field that specializes in this is heartbreaking to me. And beyond that, the statement that is still ringing in my ears is the comment that torture seems to be on the rise world wide.
One of the interviewees, evidently in response to the question of what can we do about this, said that for one thing we can become educated about this issue and not let it fester in the dark where it just grows and grows and becomes more and more monstrous. So, I'm going to try to set that as a goal for myself as a first step. Because I want to do something. Nameless, faceless people all over the world are suffering untold horrors. And I just can't get that out my mind.
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Date: 2004-05-10 04:42 pm (UTC)Both the Red Cross AND Amnesty International had reported problems almost a YEAR ago.