U.S. military decries 'despicable' video

[ECH1969]

An online video allegedly showing the body of a U.S. flier being dragged in Iraq is "despicable," the U.S. military said Wednesday.

"We are outraged that anyone would create and publish such a despicable video for public exposure," Withington said.

The video dated April 2 showed part of what appeared to be a burning body being dragged.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060405-123901-7357r

[tonkatoy57]

1. Oh Boy, That's Rich

"We are outraged that anyone would create and publish such a despicable video for public exposure," Withington said"

I guess since our prison torture videos weren't meant to be for "public exposure" that they were okay.

[saigon68]

2. HEY WHITTINGTON GO SCREW YOURSELF !!!

"We are outraged that anyone would create and publish such a despicable video for public exposure," U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington said

Cry on Baby Jonathan Withington you are supporting WAR CRIMINALS

[rocktivity]

11. You're comparing apples and oranges, saigon68

The Abu Grhaib pictures weren't MEANT for "public exposure"...

:eyes:
rocknation

[saigon68]

15. Actually they are from Abu Ghraib

Note the soldiers in the photos are defending aMerika from the Islamic terrists

[rocktivity]

18. I stand corrected

I guess I had Gitmo on my mind because the Pentagon has has to back down and release a list of its prisoners.

:hi:
rocknation

[saigon68]

19. I knew what you meant

Its the same old song

ITS ONLY FRAT HAZING :-) :-)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Oh hell...

There are plenty of videos available on the Internet, taken by US troops, showing stuff like that. The only difference is that the tables are turned; dead Iraqis.

It is just as bad for US troops to make and disseminate such stuff. Neither side can honestly claim the moral high ground in this.

[saigon68]

6. WELL TO THE IRAQI'S ITS THEIR COUNTRY

THAT GOT INVADED BY THE NEOCONS

IF IT WERE MY COUNTRY I'D BE PISSED TOO.

[TomInTib]

10. Remember what Giap told Macnamara

when Macnamara asked how they persevered in spite of that horrific casualty rate?

"It is our Country"

[atreides1]

4. But

It's okay to open fire on a house and kill 15 civilians and then claim they died because of an IED!!!


Pot meet kettle!!!!!!

[Betsy Ross]

5. But is is okay to show Iraqi victims particularly

the four-year old terra-ists. Of course the behavior was despicable. And I would probably not want such a video broadcast on the nightly news. But Americans must know what is happening, the degree of hatred others feel towards us.

[ECH1969]

7. Anyone have a link to the vid?

Someone put up a photo on another board I have no idea if it is the photo in question or not.

healingiraq.blogspot.com/almahdiarmy.jpg

[saigon68]

8. THATS NOT THE PHOTO

Lynchings and Holy Wars
Black-clad Mahdi army militiamen drag the body of Sheikh Ghazi Al-Zoba’i, the Imam and preacher of the Al-Sabbar mosque around a street in Husseiniya, a mixed suburb north of Baghdad.

I reported this lynching incident during the sectarian attacks that followed the Samarra shrine bombing. This is an extremely disturbing cell phone video clip of the whole scene.

Lynching in Baghdad

Someone shouts: “drag the Wahhabi,” while another describes him as a “bastard.” They pause a moment to search for a wire, then they dump him on the side of the road. Another militiaman suggests they bury him. “What do you mean bury him?” the gang leader snaps back with indignation. “Leave him here to the dogs.” Then they joke about his underwear and cover the corpse with a cardboard.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. And which Iraqi town or village will we have to wipe off the map

because of this video?

[bunkerbuster1]

12. I was thinking the same thing. Fallujah was destroyed because...

well, yeah, it was this hotbed of terrarizzm!

It had NOTHING to do with the charred bodies of American contractors being hung up on display, nope...

[drdtroit]

14. Exactly! These are actually soldiers

not just despicable contractors.
We need to really teach these sub-human, non-whites a lesson. :sarcasm:
We are in a world of trouble.
Thanks you asshole GOPers.

[cliss]

20. Exactly. Remember Falloujah?

Those CACI or Titan "security people" were ambushed and killed. Their bodies were strung up on a bridge.

I read that after those photos were published, Bush was red-hot for revenge. A week later, Falloujah was leveled.

I don't know how many Iraqis were killed, but he evened the score.

[saigon68]

23. Ah Fallujah A Rose Petal Parade

The Movie is entitled " A Few Mercs Bite the Dust"

Starring Dick Cheney as the Pay MASTER

Co-Staring Paul Wolfowitz as the Slack MASTER

And the Chimpanzee as the MASTER Bater

[rocktivity]

13. That's the downside to torture that we tend to forget about

Not only is it a unreliable way of getting information, it relieves the enemy of any obligation not to torture YOU.

:headbang:
rocknation

[ShortnFiery]

16. Correct U R

Sadly is also prevents us from claiming any moral outrage when they do such horrid things to our troops. :cries: Nobody in the world community cares USA ... we lost our sparkle as the defenders of compassion and liberty.

Perhaps we were never models of humanism, but we can't even begin to feign such moral fiber at this point. Tragic.

[fshrink]

17. Yeah, that's the "public exposure" part that causes problems.

The dominant way here is under the table, far from the eyes, for private, authorized consumption only, or on virtual games. Then it's not despicable. Well, some people on this planet are still unfamiliar with the modern rules of spectacle.

[Jo March]

21. Recommend this folks!!

Is this part of the "good news" from Iraq? Remember when this happened in Somalia? The right was calling for Clinton's head on a platter! We should be calling for *'s head on a platter now!

I feel for the families. I'd say that this was spiraling out of control but it was never in control in the first place.

This is horrible, simply horrible.

[baby_mouse]

22. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............Whuh?

Uh, lessee now. Who kicked this mess off?