Newer PostOlder PostT U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 2 4 , 2 0 0 4Military Panel Blasts Top Brass On Abu GhraibScandalby Michael in New York on 8/24/2004 02:35:00 AMA major independent panel set up by Defense Secretary DonaldRumsfeld implicitly blasts him and blames "leadership failures at thehighest levels of the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff and militarycommand in Iraq" for the shameful scandal in which our militaryengaged in widespread torture, rape and even murder of prisonersthat in most cases were unimportant low-level combatants or eveninnocent civilians.Now if they'd included the Commander in Chief as well, we couldchime in.</p><p> And where are those videos of rape? As Commander inChief, why hasn't Bush demanded to see those videos of war crimes(which is exactly what rape is)? Doesn't he care? MORE POSTS ABOUT: TORTURE Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register withDISQUSWhy?Use Media â–¼Community Page Comments feed Trackbacks(Trackback URL)blog comments powered by DisqusHome EschatonMonday Night Thread - I wonder if Peter will dosomething stupid on Heroes tonight.19 minutes agoDaily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...34 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...38 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsZP Heller: Why Dr.</p><p> King Would Break the Silenceon Afghanistan - We must invest in our owneconomic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan'shumanitarian crisis.42 minutes agoFiredoglakeOperation Stonewall Stalls Johnsen and Koh -While we wait for the last ballot count in theFranken-Coleman contest, I thought I'd tie inOperation Stonewall to the Republicans' bizarreand seemingly ...44 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show All Diplomacy.Norwich.EduFeedback - Ads by Google Diplomacy.Norwich.EduAds by Goooooogle AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Militar...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/military-panel-blasts-top-... 1 of 64/6/09 8:34 PM
