60 Previously Unpublished Photos From Abu Ghraib To be Broadcast

[kpete]

The photos America doesn't want seen

February 15, 2006

MORE photographs have been leaked of Iraqi citizens tortured by US soldiers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad.

http://smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abughraib1_wideweb__470x306,0.jpg

Tonight the SBS Dateline program plans to broadcast about 60 previously unpublished photographs that the US Government has been fighting to keep secret in a court case with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Although a US judge last year granted the union access to the photographs following a freedom-of-information request, the US Administration has appealed against the decision on the grounds their release would fuel anti-American sentiment.

Some of the photos are similar to those published in 2004, others are different. They include photographs of six corpses, although the circumstances of their deaths are not clear. There are also pictures of what appear to be burns and wounds from shotgun pellets.

The executive producer of Dateline, Mike Carey, said he was showing the pictures leaked to his program because it was important people understood what had happened at Abu Ghraib.

http://smh.com.au/news/world/the-photos-america-doesnt-want-seen/2006/02/14/1139890737099.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. good!

Our government is in possession of pics and videos that a judge demanded to be released months ago, and they have stalled releasing them.
The victims deserve their story being told.

I hate the evil warmongering POS's running my country!!!!!
/rant off/

[whatelseisnew]

29. "...wounds from shotgun pellets." SHOTGUN PELLETS

If it weren't so sick I might laugh at the irony?

[longship]

33. Guards used "pellet guns"

That explains why the Crashcart shooting incident is being portrayed as a "pellet gun" incident instead of a "shotgun" incident.

[whatelseisnew]

34. Have you seen the photos? I can't find them

?

[kcass1954]

78. Go to the link above. Just below the picture, there's a link under

"Related coverage". Be prepared to be ill - I'm sick over what's been done in our name.

On edit - not all of them are there, just 15.

[EFerrari]

2. kIck

[Talismom]

3. Unbelievable! I just posted a couple days ago about what

great timing it would be if some more of these photos were shown. Most of the responses said forget it, it wasn't gonna happen!

[Hissyspit]

14. I said they needed to be leaked, Talismom, and apparently that is what

has happened - because we couldn't depend on the courts. Still want to have the video and audio tapes released, but this is better than nothing.

[Talismom]

22. You betcha it is Hissyspit! As long as a growing audience is

awakened from their koolaid induced stupor, it's moving in the right direction!

[Auntie Bush]

59. Too bad you can't get rid of the dust and dirt in that cartoon and

replace it with buckshot coming at 'em.

[Hissyspit]

63. You can look at it that way: instead of Shrub running from Cindy Sheehan

- the original context - think of it as Shrub running from Dick while on a hunting outing with him.

[FreedomAngel82]

35. It's like everything is falling down hill

[Talismom]

57. Couldn't happen soon enough! n/t

[japple]

58. It's that Shit Trickle-Down theory in action. N/T

[stop the bleeding]

4. keep this at the top, lets get this out to the other blogs n/t

[redqueen]

5. So the truth doesn't matter? We should lie so people like us more?

What kind of monsters have these GOPrano-following idiots elected?

[Stand and Fight]

6. America needs to be awakened from its stupor.

The sick injustices and corruption of this administration will not cease until they are held accountable by the American people. These photos may just be enough to finally push the American people into demanding accountability from this criminal regime.

KICKED AND RECOMMENDED --
OTHERS BE SURE TO DO THE SAME!

[yorkiemommie1]

79. kicking

and have sent it along.

[Tamarin]

7. Wounds from shotgun pellets?

Where was Cheney when this happened?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

8. The corpses show wounds from shotgun pellets

Excuse me!

Don't they mean PEPPERED

[jasmeel]

9. What's SBS Dateline? Is that shown in the US?

If not, will they get any coverage here?

[Hissyspit]

17. Australian current affairs show

http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=about

ABOUT DATELINE

Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting.

Fronted by one of Australia's best known television journalists, George Negus, Dateline also boasts a line-up of experienced reporters - winning many international and domestic awards for excellence in journalism.

In 2000 Dateline took the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists or VJs, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.

Dateline provides a wide range of reports from around the world, focusing on international issues. From economics to conflict, from the environment to technology, from politics to global trends - Dateline offers a window to the world and Australia's place in it.

[Alpharetta]

10. There's more. I think Hersch talked about rape tapes

Seymour Hersch said there were tapes of a girl being raped in order to elicit information from her brother who was a detainee kept in the next cell and forced to listen to the rape.

The US has those tapes.

I haven't seen much about it in the news since a court decision a while back that airing the tapes would put our armed forces at further risk.

[zbdent]

16. The "rape tapes" probably had to make their ways through

all the Repuke fundraising parties . . . "Look at the great job we're doing!" and "Copies available in the lobby for only $19.95!"

[Hissyspit]

20. Yes, we need to see the audio and video tapes as I mention in post #14

above. These are the things that REALLY need to be leaked. I don't think we will see them from the court for a while because of the stalling tactics, but if someone leaked them in true service to their country...

[Webster Green]

28. Yes, those are the ones the Senators watched...

...and came out of the viewing ashen-faced, and shocked.

No wonder ChimpCo Inc. doesn't want them made public.

[Oilwellian]

31. Actually....

it was a boy who was raped. Hersch said he'll always remember the shrieking from this poor boy while being sodomized.

[FreedomAngel82]

38. And tapes of little boys being raped too

:(

[DemoTex]

11. K&R

I hope Seymour Hersh sees these and comments. I wonder if they are the same photos he wrote about last year.

[Tin Man]

12. Oh man, still MORE bad news for the mis-administration

Under the current onslaught of bad karma - how much longer will the NeoCabal be able to maintain the illusion of control?

[lonestarnot]

13. WOWZA are these the long awaited photos, or is this a different

set of nightmares?

[Gregorian]

15. Slowly, our work is coming to fruition.

That bullshit of "we're making the world safer", is coming to an end. We have spent five years working on ending this nightmare.

Of course, it will be censored. Only the "nice" photos will be released. We won't know the true horrors until we begin interviewing Iraqis, someday.

[Hissyspit]

24. And that's just Abu Ghraib. Think of what we don't know bout Gitmo, secret

prisons, etc. Think of all the horror and the innocent people caught up in this travesty of justice and hypocrisy of "democracy" of which we are not aware and there is no documentation

[malaise]

32. Iheard that today's Washington Post

has a leaked UN document condemning Gitmo, exposing torture as well and demanding that the US government shut it down.

[FreedomAngel82]

40. And the torture flights

I remember reading about them and that they torture on the flights too.

[Hissyspit]

46. See, I even forgot about them! It's impossible to even keep up!

Sorriest period in American history.

[napi21]

18. Dateline is NOT on my TV schedule for tonight!!!!

I read this post, and decided to set the reminder. I checked all the stations, and there's NO Dateline! I figured the cable listing might not be updated yet since it's so early in the day, so I checked my newpaper. NO Dateline!

Anyone have any idea why?

[tgnyc]

19. It's an Australian show. I will air tomorrow morning US time

[soup]

50. There is a transcript and video archive page on their site.

Wonder how long it takes to get them up there?
http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive

Is it time to fasten our seat belts?

[AzDar]

21. Hopefully, all this horror will finally be exposed..but I gotta tell you,

after hustling my 9-year-old from the room last night during the news, which was merrily rolling footage of British soldiers beating Iraqi civilians, I've had ENOUGH of being ashamed of my country. My son said 'it looks like they're beating KIDS, why would they do that?'...and I just burst into tears; I truly didn't know what to say.
This is NOT OUR United States of America, anymore, and we need to take it back.
Let's let the whole world see what these monsters have been doing, and then try to pick up the pieces of our once-great country and move on....after sending the whole crooked lot to The Hague, of course.

[gratuitous]

36. I'm really sorry your son saw this

But it's not too early, even at age 9, to begin to inculcate a respect for others in your son. When we reduce other human beings to caricatures, labeling them as "the enemy" or "terrorists" or "communists" or whatever, the tags obscure the fact that this is another person that we're talking about. And when you're so obsessed with watching out for enemies, even kids start to look like bad guys after awhile.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. I don't really want to see these pictures myself, but the only way

to force this administration to take responsibility for the crimes that they have committed is to bring them to public light. It seems ludicrous to me that only "a few bad apples" have been courtmartialed for these crimes. This has probably created more insurgents than anything else that has been done in Iraq.

[bloom]

25. While I think Americans need to know

all the crap that the US military is doing over there -

The timing of this seems like it adds one more layer of outrage to ramp up the war with Iran. So many things for the Muslims and Arabs to be disgusted about.

It would be great if the release of the photos encouraged Americans to put an end to our imperialism. Unfortunately - I'm not that optimistic.

[mzmolly]

26. For gawd sakes impeach these war criminals! Showing us "what happened" at

Abu Ghraib? NO what's HAPPENING daily with OUR #@!$& tax dollars.

[Maru Kitteh]

27. hold on to your knickers ladies and gents

This is bound to be very ugly.

[datadiva]

30. Well looks like it won't be long now

If they make it to TV in any country, they'll soon find their way to the internet. :popcorn:

[cyberpj]

37. Remember, ACLU wanted them exposed to show it wasn't "a few bad apples"

so get ready for more finger-pointing and blame.

[FatDave]

61. And if that happens, the question will be...

...why did the White House sit on these photos for so long without prosecuting these other people? I mean, these are photos the WH has had for some time, right? The pictures will come out, there'll be a brouhaha, and the WH will start prosecuting low-level grunts again. But, if they've had these photos all along, why wait until they're made public to take action?

[debbierlus]

39. Wow. Really bad week for the White House.

Hope that this brings the issue front and center.

[sui generis]

41. things could get worse

Russia could announce that it's building new nuclear weapons.

Oh wait, my bad. :blush: Nevermind. That was last week.

[ClayZ]

42. Impeach Indict Imprison BFEE!

:kick:

[yurbud]

43. finally

[iconoclastNYC]

44. It should be available on BitTorrent soon after it broadcasts.

search on here......

http://thepiratebay.org

[Solly Mack]

47. Thanks!! We need to grab it and spread it as soon as possible

[leftchick]

53. thank you so much for the link!

:hi:

[FatDave]

62. Or...

www.torrentspy.com
www.isohunt.com

Not that I condone that sort of thing...

[iconoclastNYC]

95. Here is a good torrent link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2462659&mesg_id=2462659

[lakeguy]

45. war is not the answer...

and these pics/videos show exactly why it isn't.

[democrank]

48. Tears are rolling down my cheeks.

This torture business is so beyond anything I can even understand.

[hiley]

49. Mike Carey is right

It is very important people know & understand actually what happens.
The talking heads try to minimize it by using words like abuse instead of torture & rape.

[me b zola]

51. I'm curious to see how or if the American media will cover this n/t

[cyberpj]

52. Is this what their recent Internet War Drills were about? W/they try to

stop the spread of the photos?

Impossible.

But they might try to charge anyone who posts them.

[KyndCulture]

54. I am sick to my stomach... but it's about time...

I am so sick of hearing this "Al Gore is inciting Arab violence" thing....

The only way that we stopped Viet Nam was with pictures and news footage. This has to come out. I've been following the fight for those pictures for a long time and I don't care what country airs them as long as they get out.

I knew the US tortured people to death, the sheep NEED to see this.

[Armstead]

55. Here's a URL to possible video

Here's the show's homepage. They have an archive of videos and transcripts.

Right now it is showing anotehr story as the next show, but maybe it hasn;t been updated.

Anyway:

http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/

[Czolgosz]

56. It's shameful that we only get this information through leaks. k & r

[Judi Lynn]

60. Keeping my fingers crossed.They need to be released.

I'm very concerned that _Bush will find a way to block this. They MUST be released immediately.

Enormous thanks to kpete.

[FatDave]

64. Can't stop the signal

Once it airs, there will be no way to stop it. Not on the internets. There will be torrents aplenty. Not only that, but the Aussie production company will surely make copies available to US media, for a fee. 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, and others will be dying to get their hands on this.

[Judi Lynn]

67. It would be so good to see these guys out-maneuvered.

They've broken all the rules with absolutely no ill effects. Sure hope you're right!

Welcome to D.U., FatDave! :hi: :hi: :hi:

[FatDave]

91. Thank you.

Thank you for the welcome Judi. I've actually been here awhile, just not a heavy poster.

And thank you to whoever gave me the heart, I appreciate it.

[AbbyR]

65. I'm becoming so very cynical

I'm beginning to wonder if anything will turn it around - the media shuts its eyes, the right-wing says, "Hey, it's just like college pranks," and all the while, I get sicker and sicker and the world looks at us and wonders why all of us who are supposed to be "free Americans" don't do anything.

I'm almost past hope that it will ever end. Not quite yet, but it won't take too much more of this administration getting by with everything for me to decide to just go into hiding and hope for the best.

[robbedvoter]

66. remember: torture is banned - to all except Bush! (blamme him!)

Bush Could Bypass New Torture Ban
Waiver right is reserved
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0104-02.htm

by Charlie Savage

 
WASHINGTON - When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.

[kpete]

68. I reluctantly post these

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abugraib1_gallery__470x375,0.jpg

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abugrahib_gallery__319x400,0.jpg

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abugrahib3_gallery__470x311,0.jpg

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abugrahib4_gallery__470x375,0.jpg





via:http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/14/183059/640

[Domitan]

69. I first saw those on dailykos

It's beyond the pale. The bloody toilet scene just makes me shudder inside.

[kpete]

71. more, but I do not feel so good...

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/15/abughraib9,0.jpg





http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/14/183059/640

[LynnTheDem]

82. Imagine Americans sons & daughters treated this way by an INVADER

nation.

God Forgive America.

[Random_Australian]

70. Hmmmm, American friends, why was this taken up by

our (Aust.) TV first? You have media of your own don't you.... why didn't your outlets get or broadcast this stuff? And it's happened before, the U.S. defiling corpses (Can't remember the details but I think it was burning them facing Mecca) in Afghanistan was broadcast by dateline too. Now I think about it, why dateline? None of the other shows broadcast that stuff.
In Australia, that's because the prev. unbiased channel now self censors to avoid claims of lw bias, and the commercial stations all want some laws changed so they suck up to the gov't.
What about you?

[kpete]

72. link for more photos, go see for yourself - they will probably add more

I have had enough, let me know if I should delete some of this - I myself am pretty disgusted.

scroll down to:
The photos America doesn't want seen
MATTHEW MOORE | More pictures leaked of Iraqis tortured by US troops at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.



Photos: More snaps from Abu Ghraib
http://www.smh.com.au/

[annabanana]

73. our mainstream media

has consolidated until all the major outlets are owned by a very few people... For instance, NBC is owned by General Electric, who's income is substantially from armaments and military contracts...

Before the consolidations were endemic, however, they self censored like yours, to avoid (largely false) claims of left wing bias. News and "opinion" got so badly blurred that it was hard to tell when you were listening to what were supposed to be facts..

This sorry state of affairs has accelerated to the point that actual news now exists primarily in cyberspace.

AND :toast: welcome to DU!!

[KyndCulture]

75. Welcome to DU!

We have no media, my friend. We have corporate whores. We've fought to get these pictures released for more than a year. I thank your country very much for doing what we couldn't get done.

[LynnTheDem]

81. No we don't have a media.

Why do you think 70% of Americans thought Iraq did 911?

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[hwmnbn]

90. We have no free press or media here....

they are mostly corporate entities beholding to this administration.

Thanks to you Aussies, we can now see more of this torture. How is it you all got these pictures is what I want to know? If you have them there must be other organizations that also have them.

There is hope.

[KyndCulture]

74. I am positively sobbing...

They are worse than I even imagined.

[kpete]

76. To the Iraqi People

Please forgive us. We are SO sorry our leaders are FUCKING ASSHOLES Without morals or hearts!!!!!!!

[bread_and_roses]

77. I think one is a CHILD...speachless....

at

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/14/183059/640

... toward bottom...a group of men, one much smaller figure in the front, HOODED, hands behind head, NAKED, short, hairless, round unmuscled limbs -

I read the Hersch article last year, but I think some part of my brain didn't want to believe it.

I refuse to believe - I cannot believ - that a majority of my fellow citizens condone this.

[w8liftinglady]

97. I saw that one-he looked about 9-same as my kid

I am so angry and ashamed.

[in_cog_ni_to]

80. It's about time!

Just wait until the people these these pics on top of the Cheney crime cover-up, the Plame case, Abramoff case, and the illegal spying crap....WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

I hope the video tapes will be released soon too.

[Mark5]

83. Not surprised really

[noamnety]

84. as a reminder:

75-90% of those in the prison were completely innocent, according to the US Army.

[kpete]

85. New 'Abu Ghraib abuse' images screened

New 'Abu Ghraib abuse' images screened

Mark Oliver
Wednesday February 15, 2006


Previously unpublished images showing the apparent abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 were broadcast today by an Australian television station.
Still and video images were broadcast on Dateline, a current affairs programme on SBS television, which appeared to show dead Iraqis and detainees being tortured by US troops.

In one piece of footage an Iraqi prisoner was seen slamming his head repeatedly into a metal door. A still image showed a naked detainee with multiple injuries to his buttocks. There was also film of naked male prisoners being forced to masturbate in front of a camera.

Some of the new images showed US soldiers who have already been convicted over the abuse scandal at the prison, which is just outside Baghdad, including Private Lynndie England and Charles Graner.

The original photographs of abuse - which included an image of a hooded prisoner with electric wires attached to their arms and piles of naked detainees arranged in "pyramids" - caused worldwide outrage when they were leaked to US current affairs programme 60 Minutes in 2004.

For its programme today, Dateline interviewed US Congress members who had been given a private viewing of all the images depicting abuse from Abu Ghraib, some of which have previously not been published by the media.

There were reports today that the US government was trying to prevent the new images being broadcast in the US.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1710360,00.html

[countryjake]

96. Thanks for the link to that article!

From that Guardian piece:

~snip~

"SBS said it had obtained a file of hundreds of images and that many of them depicted dead bodies, bloody injuries and acts of sexual humiliation that were too graphic to be aired."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1710360,00.html



I was afraid that this was the case.

[redacted]

86. The transcript has been posted here:

I don't see any video yet, but here's an excerpt from the transcript, available at:
http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-02-15

REPORTER: Olivia Rousset

These are the photos the American Government doesn't want you to see. While researching a story on guards at Abu Ghraib, I obtained a copy of the unreleased photographs and videos. Taken at the same time as the photos released in 2004 and often of the same abuses, this is the first time they have been shown to the public.

AMRIT SINGH, LAWYER, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: We hope that the release of these photographs will bring about further pressure to hold high-ranking officials accountable for what we now know to have been systemic and widespread abuse occurring throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Amrit Singh has not seen the photos. The ACLU has taken the Department of Defense to court to force the release of these pictures under the Freedom of Information Act.

AMRIT SINGH: The government has taken the position that the conduct of US soldiers depicted in these photographs is so egregious that the American public cannot have a right to it.
So it is a bizarre position, from our point of view, obviously, because the Freedom of Information Act, under which we are seeking these photographs, is precisely the legislation that was enacted so that the public could find out what its government is up to.

MORE

[kpete]

87. thanks

[mom cat]

88. NOT IN MY NAME!

[countryjake]

93. Nor my name, either!

This is outrageous!

[kpete]

89. from reuters

http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoStory.aspx?isSummitStory=False&storyId=8bfb413cb025e432b48178d66a18af6b6b3fd557

[Trevelyan]

92. 21 Retired Generals Sign Petition to Stop Torture

http://ga4.org/campaign/prisonerabuse
Stop Blaming the Troops -- Investigate the Real Culprits of Abuse

Join 12,646 Americans in signing this petition!

The time has come to investigate the Bush Administration's role in the prisoner abuse and humiliation that has motivated our enemies in the war on terror and endangers the well-being of our fighting forces...
===
As a retired general and strategic intelligence officer, I am deeply concerned about the White House's commitment to upholding Senator John McCain's ban on torture. And because you helped fight for this important amendment, I wanted to let you know how it has been threatened.

The day Congress passed Senator McCain's anti-torture amendment - December 22 - was a momentous one. Congress reaffirmed that it is illegal for U.S. personnel - whether it's the military, the CIA, or anyone else - to engage in cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of detainees. Your hard work and the work of Human Rights First was key to making this happen.

However, in a disturbing statement issued by the White House when the bill was signed, the President essentially claimed the right to bypass the law and authorize illegal interrogation tactics - torture - when he sees fit. The statement asserts that "he executive branch shall construe in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch and as Commander in Chief."

This is code language. It means the President can override laws passed by Congress if he thinks they impede his power as Commander in Chief. It is exactly the same argument that was used in the infamous "torture memo" from the Justice Department. That's what led to the abuse of detainees in the first place.

This "signing statement" by the President undermines the law that Congress overwhelmingly supported. There should be no exceptions to this law. If Sen. McCain's torture ban is not fully enforced in practice, we will not be able to prevent further abuses or repair our reputation abroad.

Today, I joined 20 other retired generals and admirals in a letter to the President, urging him to forcefully implement this new law. I've pasted a copy below. You can read Human Rights First's own letter to the President by clicking here (warning PDF file):

http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/06112-etn-hrf-mccain-letter-bush.pdf

I taught prisoner interrogation and military law for the Army Intelligence School for 18 years. I can tell you that prior to the war in Iraq, torture has never been allowed by the Army, and as an interrogation tool it is never the answer. There is no evidence that it produces reliable information. It only serves to undermine our nation's values and our national security.

The U.S. has paid a heavy price for its misdirected torture policies - we cannot allow our government to make excuses and make a mockery of Sen. McCain's ban on torture.

Thank you for joining me in support of Human Rights First's efforts to end all torture and abuse in America’s name.

Sincerely,

Brigadier General David R. Irvine (USA, Ret.)

January 12, 2006

The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Bush:

We write to thank you for publicly endorsing Senator McCain's amendment on the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, and for signing it into law. The new law, implemented and enforced in accordance with Congressional intent, will ensure that the United States has a single standard for interrogating enemy prisoners that is effective, lawful, and humane. The primary reason we strongly supported Senator McCain's effort is that we believe this law, if effectively and forcefully implemented, will help protect our troops in Iraq and elsewhere, now and in the future.

Past abuses have damaged military discipline, put American military personnel at greater risk, undermined U.S. intelligence gathering efforts, and greatly harmed America's image around the world. It is incumbent on you as President and Commander-in-Chief to ensure that all senior members of your administration speak with a consistent voice to make clear that the United States now has a single standard of conduct specified in law that governs all interrogations, regardless of the legal status or the location of the detainee being interrogated.

Accountability and deterrence have never been more important to end all torture and abuse in America's name, and thereby restore America' reputation in the world. This long overdue corrective action will require strong leadership from you and others in positions of authority.

Mr. President, we welcome your attention to this issue and stand ready to assist in any way we can to ensure the effective implementation of this new law. Clear and unambiguous implementation will help ensure that our brave men and women in uniform will never again feel that to prevail against the enemy they must risk their honor or the values they fight to protect.

Sincerely,

GENERAL JOSEPH HOAR, USMC (RET.)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT G. GARD, JR., USA (RET.)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL CLAUDIA J. KENNEDY, USA (RET.)
VICE ADMIRAL AL KONETZNI, USN (RET.)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHARLES OTSTOTT, USA (RET.)
VICE ADMIRAL JACK SHANAHAN, USN (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE FOX, USA (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN L. FUGH, USA (RET.)
REAR ADMIRAL DONALD J. GUTER, USN (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL FRED E. HAYNES, USMC (RET.)
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN D. HUTSON, USN (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL MELVYN MONTANO, ANG (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL GERALD T. SAJER, USA (RET.)
MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL J. SCOTTI, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID M. BRAHMS, USMC (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES CULLEN, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL EVELYN P. FOOTE, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID R. IRVINE, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD O’MEARA, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN K. SCHMITT, USA (RET.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN N. XENAKIS, USA (RET.)

Human Rights Watch
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http://www.supportmpscapegoats.com/files/82nd_Airborne_statements_of_abuse.pdf

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94. Kicking!