ACLU Accuses Military of Murder
Posted on October 24, 2005
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WASHINGTON — At least 21 detainees who died while being held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed, many during or after interrogations, according to an analysis of Defense Department data by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The analysis, released Monday, looked at 44 deaths described in records obtained by the ACLU. Of those, the group characterized 21 as homicides, and said at least eight resulted from abusive techniques by military or intelligence officers, such as strangulation or “blunt force injuries,” as noted in the autopsy reports.FOX
Notice the leap to calling these deaths homicides. The ACLU bases these allegations on what? Their own word? They cherry picked 21 deaths from 44, and slapped them with the label of homicide. What I want to know is how this is any of the ACLU’s business anyway, and who is funding this attack on the military. We’ve all seen the photos at Abu Ghraib, and investigations were put into place.
War is ugly, and you can be sure the ACLU, who feel the need to stick its nose in foreign affairs of war, will not be going after any of the killers that sawed off the heads of American contractors, or burned them alive! No, these are the ones the ACLU have decided to defend. How American of them.
One of these many, many, 21 deaths is even being disputed by his very own father.
Wahid, 28, was taken from his home by Afghan militia and accused of being a terrorist. The autopsy report said he died in American custody, though his father has blamed the militiamen.
I’m sure there are many other details in the other 20 cases that the ACLU failed to report, instead preferring to paint a picture of the American military as ruthless murderers. Other than anti-American propaganda, I really can’t think of any reason the public needs to know about these things. The military have done their own investigations, and dealt out justice.
Details about the detainee abuse and deaths have been released by the Pentagon as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU. Many of the incidents have been made public previously, and in a number of cases soldiers and officers involved have been prosecuted and punished.
“The U.S. military does not tolerate mistreatment of detainees,” said Army spokesman Col. Joseph Curtin. “Past cases have been fully investigated. When there is credible evidence, commanders have the prerogative to prosecute.”
To date, there have been more than 400 investigations of detainee abuse, and more than 230 military personnel have received a court-martial, nonjudicial punishment or other administrative action.
But the ACLU don’t need “credible evidence”, they have concluded all on their own authority that these poor terrorists were murdered. All 21 of them without doubt.
“There is no question that U.S. interrogations have resulted in deaths,” said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU’s executive director. “High-ranking officials who knew about the torture and sat on their hands and those who created and endorsed these policies must be held accountable.”
Oh, now I see! The ACLU are not concerned with soldiers who go overboard. They are concerned about “high ranking officials.” They are concerned about our torture “policies.” You’ve got to be kidding ACLU!
Credible evidence missing:
1) An endorsed policy of torture. Can we please see this policy, or is the ACLU making this up out of whole cloth?
2) High ranking officials knowing about these things and sitting on their hands. Can we please see this evidence presented ACLU?
3) The 21 alleged instances of homicide, at least one of which is being openly disputed by the father of the alleged victim, somebody you wouldn’t exactly expect to be covering for the perpetrators.
In my opinion, the ACLU is full of allegations and empty on evidence. The whole rhetoric of this being some sort of conspiracy in the government being covered up by some mysterious “high ranking officials” is complete paranoia! If anyone were trying to cover this up, the DOD would have never released the information to the ACLU. As a matter of fact, the military have been going out of their way to prosecute anybody suspected of misbehaving. The question stands: Where is the money for this activity coming from? Well, we know where its not coming from! You know, there are still people out there who are thankful for the military.
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Syndicate Me
Notice the leap to calling these deaths homicides.”
Actually, “homicide” is a fairly neutral term in the law, meaning any unnatural death of one person at the hands of another. Homicide is NOT a synonym for “murder.”
“Detainee” is just a different word for “terrorist” to me. Some may be innocent, but I doubt many are. Too many times have “detainees” been released, only to kill people shortly thereafter.
In short, if a detainee dies… too bad, so sad.
imo
Jeez Phil, did it hurt when you grunted that “steaming log” of liberal moonbat guano?
Looks like the good folks here are gonnaneed a plunger….
I wonder how much TP Phil had to use to clean himself after all of that BS.
Don’t worry about Phil. We have him writing down his feelings as part of his therapy, and he’s been making good progress toward regaining his status as a mentally healthy and productive citizen. Sure, some of the other patients dismiss him as the “head bull-goose loony”, but some men on the ward take a long, long time to get used to the schedule. Phil’s just been a little disturbed because we changed it last week, and sometimes he won’t take his medication orally. It ooks like we might have to administer it by other means till he calms back down.
Nurse Ratched
I think it’s clear to all of us that these 21 people died of perfectly natural causes. And if they didn’t, it was just a few bad apples.
I say we let the ACLU show us in the military how it’s done. Give them some BDUs (DCUs and sent them to Iraq and Afghanistan). Then once the terrorists kill them all, we’ll come back and do the job right. Or, let the enemy use the ACLU as a human shield, since that’s what’s happening in effect anyway.