US Holding Children in Prison Camps as POW's

[donsu]

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/17/75558/359


Today, I started reading former President Jimmy Carter's new book, "Our Endangered Values". In it, he revealed something that is absolutely horrifying--the US is holding children as young as 8 years of age who have been captured in Afghanistan and Iraq in prison camps--namely, the one in Guantanamo, Cuba. Worse yet, Donald Rumsfeld knew about it. Read a short excerpt below:

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"After visiting six of the twenty-five or so U.S. prisons, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported registering 107 detainess under eighteen, some as young as eight years old. The Journalist Seymour Hersh reported in May 2005 that Defense Secretaary Donald Rumsfeld had recieve a report that there were "800-900 Pakistani boys age 13-15 in custody." The International Red Cross, Amnesty International, and thePentagon have gathered substantial testimony of torture of children ( emphasis mine), confirmed by soldiers who witnessed or participated in the abuse. In addition to personal testimony from children about physical and mental mistreatment, a report from Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, formerly in charge of Abu Ghraib, described a visit to an eleven year old detainee in the cell block that housed high risk prisoners. The general recalled that the child was weeping, and "he told me he was almost twelve," and that "he really wanted to see his mother, could he please call his mother." Children like this eleven year old have been denied the right to see their parents, a lawyer, or anyone else, and were not told why they were detained. A Pentagon spokesman told Mr. Hersh that "age is not a determining factor in detention."

This is an absolute outrage. How could any normal, sane person ever, ever in their lives even think about torturing a child? That our own military could engage in such acts of evil, sadistic brutality--AGAINST CHILDREN--is almost too horrible to even think about.

Every single sick SOB who had a part in this needs to be sent to prison for the rest of their lives, including Rumsfeld.
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when is america going to say NO to the criminal bushgang?

[ecoalex]

1. This is disgusting but not a surprise

[PaDem]

2. Compassionate Conservatism

be advised that these children are imminent risks to our national security. Bringing this issue to light gives aid and comfort to those who would harm America. These children hate the very freedom that so many brave Americans have died for.

[IndianaGreen]

3. I wouldn't be surprised if they had numbers tattooed on their arms.

Meanwhile the DLC continues to urge caution, and attacks the Left for their radical notion that Bush should be impeached.

[sandyd921]

4. Beyond horrifying

This leaves me speechless, sickened, and totally outraged! And yet a majority of the people of this country are in the dark about these horrendous crimes committed in their names! :mad: :puke: :banghead:

[PDJane]

5. Yes.

This has bee going on for some time, and has been reported everywhere but in the US media. Information Clearing House and Truthout have reported this. However, the British media, the Italian Media, Asia Times, The Daily Star and der Speigel have all reported on this.

It's a question of too little attention, too late.

There is a Canadian juvenile being held at Guantanamo too.