60 Minutes II showing Abu Ghraib Prison (Abuse of Prisoners)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml

A few weeks ago, the U.S. Army announced that 17 soldiers in Iraq had been removed from duty, and six of them were facing court martial for mistreating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the infamous prison where Saddam Hussein and his henchmen tortured and executed Iraqis for decades.

60 Minutes II has obtained photographs of what was happening in Abu Ghraib. The photos show American soldiers mistreating Iraqi prisoners.

In his Wednesday morning briefing, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said the photographs may be shown in Dan Rather's report on 60 Minutes II, Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The discovery of the photographs by the Army led to an investigation which concluded that there were problems at the prison from the general in charge of the prison, to the military police guarding the prisoners. An investigation into abuse claims started in January, after a U.S. soldier came forward with allegations and evidence of abuse.

This is place Mari333's stepson is stationed at. I've PM'ed her, hope she gets the message. Too bad the good soldiers who are just trying to do their duty have to witness the crap by the bad apples.

[riverwalker]

1. I wonder, would the Army

have even investigated without the photos being released to the media first? Probably not. I admire the conscience of the brave kid who spoke out.

[markomalley]

2. This is an example of why...

...we should not just "support the troops." I am certain that the majority of them are just dumb kids who got tricked into joining up and now regret their decisions. I am also certain that there are many over there who are purely evil, like the ones who perpetrated this crime. We need to have a full accounting of the actions of all the soldiers so that our sympathies don't go out, by mistake, to a war criminal.