Informants Decide Fate of Iraqi Detainees (Use gladiators' thumbs-down!)

[Lori Price CLG]

Informants Decide Fate of Iraqi Detainees --U.S. Military Relies on Guidance of 'Sources' in Tall Afar

TALL AFAR, Iraq, Sept. 12 -- A masked teenager in an Iraqi army uniform walked slowly through a crowd of 400 detainees captured Monday, studying each face and rendering his verdict with a simple hand gesture, like a Roman emperor deciding the fate of gladiators.

A thumb pointed down meant the suspect was not thought to be an insurgent and would be released by U.S. soldiers. A thumb pointed up meant a man would be removed from the concertina wire-encased pen, handcuffed with tape or plastic ties and taken by truck to a military base to be interrogated.

Bush Ben Hur brings us back to the days of the gladiators!

Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html

[ladylibertee]

1. Are you SERIOUS?

If that is true , that is simply , by far, the most retarded thing I ever heard.Who the hell is the masked teenager? Can he be trusted? HELLO?

[texpatriot2004]

2. But when you click the link you get this, and this IS serious

http://www.legitgov.org/coup_2004.html

[ladylibertee]

5. I'm confused

I don't see anything about the teenager.However, I did see some other interesting stuff. thanks for that too.

[sandnsea]

10. WaPo

Yep, it's serious.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091202040.html

[Lori Price CLG]

13. Yes, when it's page A01of The Washington Post, it's serious. n/t

[lvx35]

3. He's the PSYCHIC masked teenager!

Or maybe he's nobody at all, just a psyop...Who knows, with this crew...

[lvx35]

4. TOTALLY a PsyOp!

The guy can't even speak arabic, that's why he uses the hand gestures. I'll bet 9 to 1 its some latino-american marine behind the mask, and he makes his judgements based on their reactions to be studied.

[ladylibertee]

6. LOL....thats silly, but then again, we are talking about the

United States of America

[lvx35]

9. hehe. Pardon my tinfoil

If Bush hadn't created the most secretive authoritarian government in recent history, you could laugh at me and show me evidence to the contrary...But guess what, no matter how asurd my conspiracy theories are, YOU can't disprove them! Neener neener billy goat! :P

[darkism]

7. At least they got the gesture right.

Thumbs down was GOOD.

[ladylibertee]

8. But still, thats just crazy....CRAZY I tell ya ! Insane, I say !

[Scurrilous]

12. True...

...Hollywood got it wrong. Thumbs down meant drop your weapon and spare the life of your opponent.

[Nihil]

11. I see they've learned from the example of Ms England ...

... cover your face up before raising your thumb!

[gratuitous]

14. Now that's some good democracy!

Creamy and flavorful, democracy at its finest as anonymous judges pass sentences without due process or consideration of any evidence.

Can't imagine why them ignorant ragheads in the Middle East aren't just bustin' down our doors, demanding the same for their country!