millions for Halli and KBR, but ZERO for tortured POW's

[arcane1]

By PHILIP SHENON

Published: November 10, 2003


WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 — The Bush administration is seeking to
block a group of American troops who were tortured in Iraqi
prisons during the Persian Gulf war in 1991 from collecting
any of the hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen Iraqi
assets they won last summer in a federal court ruling against
the government of Saddam Hussein

In a court challenge that the administration is winning so
far but is not eager to publicize, administration lawyers
have argued that Iraqi assets frozen in bank accounts in the
United States are needed for Iraqi reconstruction and that
the judgment won by the 17 former American prisoners should
be overturned.

snip

But they say the case cannot be allowed to hinder American
foreign policy and get in the way of the administration's
multibillion-dollar reconstruction efforts in Iraq — an
argument that federal appeals courts seem likely to accept

more
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/10/international/middleeast/10POWS.html?hp


please NOTE how Slimy Scott handles this issue:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031106-5.html

Q Scott, there are 17 former POWs from the first Gulf War who were tortured and filed suit against the regime of Saddam Hussein. And a judge has ordered that they are entitled to substantial financial damages. What is the administration’s position on that? Is it the view of this White House that that money would be better spent rebuilding Iraq rather than going to these former POWs?

MR. McCLELLAN: There is simply no amount of money that can truly compensate these brave men and women for the suffering that they went through at the hands of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime. That’s what our view is.

Q White House is standing in the way of them getting those awards, those financial awards, because it views it that money better spent on rebuilding Iraq?

MR. McCLELLAN: Again, there’s simply no amount of money that can truly compensate these brave men and women for the suffering —

Q Why won’t you spell out what your position is?

MR. McCLELLAN: I’m coming to your question. Believe me, I am. Let me finish. Let me start over again, though. No amount of money can truly compensate these brave men and women for the suffering that they went through at the hands of a very brutal regime, at the hands of Saddam Hussein. … But again, there is simply no amount of compensation that could ever truly compensate these brave men and women.

Q Just one more. Why would you stand in the way of at least letting them get some of that money?



MR. McCLELLAN: That’s why I pointed out that that was an issue that was addressed earlier this year. But make no mistake about it, we condemn in the strongest possible terms the torture that these brave individuals went through —

Q — you don’t think they should get money?

MR. McCLELLAN: — at the hands of Saddam Hussein. There is simply no amount of money that can truly compensate those men and women who heroically served —

Q That’s not the issue —

MR. McCLELLAN: — who heroically served our nation.

Q Are you opposed to them getting some of the money?



MR. McCLELLAN: This issue was addressed earlier this year, and we believe that there’s simply no amount of money that could truly compensate these brave men and women for what they went through and for the suffering that they went through at the hands of Saddam Hussein —

Q So no money.
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that money went into over-charges for Halli and KBR, and they are not even getting in trouble for it!!!

those CEO's must've REALLY suffered, for them to deserve that money more!!!

[maddezmom]

1. is the the lawsuit James Baker worked on?

Can't read it, because it's archived. :( This is the real crime of the bush* admin, cronies make money (including the vp) and soldiers are denied money and more.

[arcane1]

2. don't think so, Baker's evil business is w/the Saudis vs 9/11 families

they are suing the Saudis for info (maybe even $$) relating to their connections w/al Qaeda and 9/11 specifically

super-patriot Baker is representing the Saudis, and may he rot in hell for it

[arcane1]

3. shameless kick

this needs to be shared more often, especially in the context of the recent price-gouging...

:grr::mad::grr:

[arcane1]

4. god-damned angry re-kick

:kick:

:mad:

[Orangeone]

5. They can't

Get money for being tortured, because then the Gov't would have to pay people who got tortured by us.

[arcane1]

6. they already won the money in a legal judgement!

Bush wants to REVERSE the judgement so they he can keep the money!!!

times like this I miss the gallows :grr:

[IndianaGreen]

7. The Court was correct in dismissing the lawsuit

the money belongs to the Iraqi people, who had no way to determining the actions of their government.

This lawsuit pales when compared to the even more pathetic lawsuit from some of the 9/11 WTC families that tried to get money from Iraq. They got their bloody judgment from the court, but they won't collect a penny.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.

Remember the lawsuits that were filed against Richard Jewel by some of the victims of the Olympic Park bombing?

Greed and blood-sucking lawyers are a deathly combination!