Myers about Abu Graib : 70 attacks a day

[tocqueville]

Myers says he personally condemns "in the strongest terms" the misconduct and abuse depicted in the images.

But he argues the situation in Iraq is "dynamic and dangerous," with US forces and their allies having to face on average 70 attacks a day mounted by an insurgent army that now numbers about 16,000.

The top US military commander also suggests the release of new photos could have an effect similar to that caused by a since retracted Newsweek story about the desecration of the Koran at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The story about the Islamic holy book allegedly being flushed down the toilet, which was published in April, sparked riots in Afghanistan that, according to Myers, claimed at least 17 lives.

But the general's arguments was sharply rebuffed by retired colonel Michael Pheneger, a former classmate of Myers' at the US Army War College and intelligence officer with experience in the Middle East.

Pheneger writes in court papers that Myers "mistakes propaganda for motivation."

"Insurgents average 70 attacks a day regardless of provocation as part of their effort to achieve specific objectives," the intelligence expert argues.

Meanwhile, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero insists the real reason the Pentagon is fighting the release of the new evidence is because it demonstrates "the failure of American leaders who placed our young men and women in compromising situations and are now seeking to blame them for it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050813/pl_afp/usiraqprisoners_050813055742

[FightingIrish]

1. I think Myers is really concerned that if we learn

even more of the truth about the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, the prosecution may have to move higher up the food chain. Our occupation is so tenuous that it cannot stand up to even a little more truth.

[shraby]

3. And Myers is on that particular food chain. He's

doing what's called covering his ass and saving his pension.

[glitch]

5. It won't work. This particular war criminal has been part of the * junta

from the beginning. Somewhere in his future The Hague awaits.

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[tocqueville]

7. oops sorry

won't happen again

[ignatius 2]

4. 70 attacks a day? Has anyone told Cheney that the insurgents are

in their last throes or Condi that they are losing steam?

Reality bites, particularly a reality that you greedy neocon fuckers caused that did not need to happen.

[KG]

6. what BS. the iraqis already know what's going on inside there,

and the other detention facilities; they fucking live there for christ sake.