US general who oversaw detentions retires with honors (Gitmo, Abu Ghraib)

[Purveyor]

Monday, July 31, 2006; 7:56 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who commanded the Guantanamo prison and helped shape detention practices at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, retired from the U.S. military on Monday with a top honor and praise from the Army.

Miller headed the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from 2002 to 2004 and was sent to Iraq in 2003 to help extract more information from prisoners there. He oversaw all detention operations in Iraq for nine months in 2004.

Human rights activists have accused Miller of permitting widespread abuse of prisoners and of importing the harsh techniques used at Guantanamo to Iraq. They contend that Miller's influence helped create the conditions for the sexual humiliation and abuse of Abu Ghraib prisoners.

"This is yet another case where you have somebody who is integrally involved in setting the stage for abuse -- implementing tactics that people are now being prosecuted for -- and rather than being held accountable, he's getting honors," said Amnesty International official Jumana Musa.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/31/AR2006073100975.html

[Eugene]

1. "...rather than being held accountable, he's getting honors..."

That's the story of the Bush administration.

[Dover]

2. Gone....but certainly NOT forgotten. His day in court will come. n/t

[Joe for Clark]

3. I sure hope you are right!!

Joe

this bastard has sealed the fate for our young in the future - sure as hell.

[rodeodance]

4. I do not have that optimism. this retiring with honors is a slap in the

face! damm

[leftchick]

5. miller the director of torture

I am sure he will make a lot of bucks in the defense industry now....



U.S. Major General Geoffrey Miller, commander of U.S. run prisons in Iraq, talks to journalists in the prison of Abu Ghraib, outside Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004. Miller, a key figure in prisoner abuse controversies at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in Iraq, retired with accolades from army leaders.(AFP/Pool/File/Anja Niedringhaus)

[saigon68]

6. Geoffrey Miller war criminal and murderer

here is his handiwork

[leftchick]

8. yes and the dogs

don't forget he authorized the terrorizing with dogs. :puke:

[saigon68]

9. YES THE DOGS

Can't forget War Criminal Miller's person touch here

[daleo]

7. Now that he is retired, he can visit Pinochet

They can compare notes - waterboarding vs electric shocks, that sort of thing.

[ShortnFiery]

14. No hurry for that meeting ...

for I believe that Miller and Pinochet will have time to discuss the above as they BURN IN HELL for all of ETERNITY. :(

[MaineDem]

10. So much for stop loss

Foot soldiers can't get out and this guy retires. Like General Franks.

[sattahipdeep]

11. He's the universal soldier

But without him how would Hitler have
condemned him at Dachau
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon to a war
and without him all this killing can't go on

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
and he knows he shouldn't kill
and he knows he always will
kill you for me my friend and me for you

He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him, and you, and me
and brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put an end to war.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

http://www.creative-native.com/lyrics/prieslyr.htm

[krkaufman]

12. I suspect that there's a Medal of Freedom in this guy's future.

If past trends hold: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/14/iraq/main660994.shtml

[Cobalt-60]

13. Barf City

[saigon68]

15. kick

[WhiteTara]

16. his only reward should have been

spit on his face on the way to the Hague
:grr::puke:

[Captain Hilts]

17. It's all the fault of sergeants, corporals and privates. nt