Bush, Torture and American Values in Iraq

[Coolmind]

http://www.counterbias.com/054.html

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During his invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush warned Iraqis about their treatment of American prisoners of war on 23 March 2003:“I expect them to be treated, the POWs, I expect to be treated humanely, just like we’re treating the prisoners that we have captured humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.”

A Bush radio address on 5 April 2003 claimed “...the citizens of Iraq are coming to know what kind of people we have sent to liberate them. American forces and our allies are treating innocent civilians with kindness and showing proper respect to the soldiers who surrender. The people of the United States are proud of the honorable conduct of our military. And I am proud to lead such brave and decent Americans.”

[Coolmind]

The elite American Delta Force also used torture at a BIF (battlefield interrogation facility) near Baghdad’s airport. It was

“...the scene of the most egregious violations of the Geneva Conventions in all of Iraq’s prisons. A place where the normal rules of interrogation don’t apply, Delta Force’s BIF only holds Iraqi insurgents and suspected terrorists - but not the most wanted among Saddam’s lieutenants pictured on the deck of cards....Prisoners there are hooded from the moment they are captured. And in the BIF’s six interrogation rooms, Delta Force soldiers routinely drug prisoners, hold a prisoner under water until he thinks he’s drowning, or smother them almost to suffocation.”

Rumsfeld said “Iraq’s a nation. The United States is a nation. The Geneva Conventions applied. They have applied every single day from the outset.” Apparently Rumsfeld knew all about BIFs and Abu Ghraib.