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Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files

Never-published photos, and an internal Army report, show more Iraqi prisoner abuse -- evidence the government is fighting to hide.

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  • Saturday, February 18, 2006 08:09 AM

    Don't Shoot the Messanger

    I never knew so many ignorant people read Salon.com

    Does the Marine wife really think the Iraqi people and insurgents weren't already aware of the widespread inhumane treatment to prisoners and citizens- most of whom are completely innocent?

    It's not media outlets such as Salon who are making matters worse and creating terrorists by publishing these photos. Direct your outrage at the message, not the messanger!

    Stop for a minute and think about what we are fighting for in Iraq. Nothing that was worth the hell we're paying now unless you're a war profiteer like Halliburton. Saddam was a brutal dictator, but he posed no threat to this country. He was totally against Islamic fundamentalism and fundamentalists because it was a threat to his power. In regard to his military threat to us or anyone else, I'll just quote Zell Miller, "What do we expect them to use, spit balls?"

    Salon attempts to illustrate to the sheeple just how damaging this policy is to our nation and our nation's security, but the sheeple continue to direct the outrage to those who realize the problem and solution and provide a free pass to the folks making us less safe. I think these people unconciously realize how scared they should be at directing outrage toward the Bush administration. Wake up cowards!

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