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gWbush is Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 10:06 AM
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reason for Abu Ghraib torture >>> money
Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 10:07 AM by Smirky McChimpster
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=2026&e=4&u=/latimests/20040610/ts_latimes/exdetaineessue2uscontractors

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The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, alleges that employees of San Diego-based Titan Corp. and Virginia-based CACI International, contracted for interpretation and interrogation services respectively, systematically tortured prisoners to extract more information and increase the firms' chances of winning future contracts.
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"When war becomes a for-profit enterprise, horror, human suffering and degradation is the dividend," said Barbara Olshansky, deputy legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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That's what happens when you privitize "interrogations".
MFing WAR CRIMINALS
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 10:08 AM
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1. Follow the money.... follow the money... to torture.
:puke: :nuke: :cry:
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 10:16 AM
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2. Interesting revelations might be on the horizon
I wonder what they'll try to quash citing national security.
A lot of Titan employees have high security clearances.

The Bush administration should be co-defendants.
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