UK had advance alert of jail abuse

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The British army's senior military lawyer in Iraq was aware of allegations that human rights abuses were being committed at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison months before they were exposed by the American media. The lawyer, who compiled regular written and oral briefings for his seniors within the British army's high command, was responsible for summarising a litany of abuses identified by the Red Cross after the charity visited the prison in October 2003.

The charity said the abuses, which included beatings and the threat of imminent execution, were 'tantamount to torture'. Following its visit, the Red Cross compiled a detailed report for the US military calling for a series of changes in the prison's regime. The report was read by the British military lawyer, whose identity is not known, and circulated within Command Joint Task Force 7 (CJTF7), the division in charge of Abu Ghraib.

Under the Geneva Convention, officers have a duty to report allegations of human rights abuses to their seniors. But the scandal came to light only in 2004 after photographs showing the abuse and contained on a CD were passed to a senior soldier, sparking a full investigation. The pictures appeared in the US media last April along with the contents of the US authorities' report into the abuse at Abu Ghraib. The photographs, showing Iraqis being forced to simulate sexual acts and threatened with attack by dogs, shocked the world.

The British military lawyer's role was revealed to the Plaid Cymru MP, Adam Price, in a letter from Adam Ingram, the armed forces minister, last week. 'The British officer saw the Red Cross report to the US of November 2003, which related to the findings of their visit to Abu Ghraib in October 2003,' Ingram confirms. He added that he produced a summary of the Red Cross report in November 2003 which was circulated to senior staff within the American army division responsible for overseeing Abu Ghraib.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1510003,00.html

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1. Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, DSM, G8 report tampering, Blackwell vote tampering

Every day a new revelation. WTF DOES IT TAKE? How much more can our precious nation take??? :mad:
Edited to add:
Add to that Iraq contractor fraud, Coingate, Gannon/Guckert, and so many more that I'm losing count...

[DELUSIONAL]

3. SEX in the oval office

A picture of Jeffie and Bushie doing IT???

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2. There's something wrong with England.

Either they are so used to being bullied by the US, or Tony Blair has dreams of once again becoming the Undisputed Ruler, back in the days of the English Empire.

Now, I've read articles which say that ever since WW2, England has basically become the US's Serf. This was from the time of the Bretton Woods Agreement, where England declared defeat and the US Dollar became the world's #1 currency.

I've also read that Blair said that "he had no choice" with regard to the war in Iraq = I am a serf for the US.

My, how the centuries can change things.

But for God's sake: England is a part of Europe. They've got some backbone. They've said "NON" to this insane adventure many times over.

So what's their problem?

[GetTheRightVote]

4. Do these people have no conscience ?? I am sick all over again

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