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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 07:19 PM
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"The Big Picture" on CBC has Abu Ghraib guard and General Karpinski.
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 07:41 PM by Swede
They are discussing how the abuse started and got out of hand.
Janis Karpinski said she did not know what was going on. Aidan Delgado is a conscientious objector,who was a guard there.


http://www.cbc.ca/bigpicture/human.html
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 07:21 PM
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1. Yeh, but "liberal" CBS's 60 Minutes has a piece on internet gambling
Also profiles of Howard Stern and some tight end from the NFL. You think this Abu Ghar-ga-garubb thingy is more important?
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glarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 08:11 PM
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2. I watched it...Avi Lewis's new show. Very well done!
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 08:15 PM by glarius
This is Avi Lewis's new show. He did a great job of letting everyone have their say. It was frank, thought provoking and enlightening, I thought. I'm looking forward to future shows.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 08:23 PM
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3. Yes, Gen. Karpinsky was the prime scapegoat yet
she should have known what was going on. Maybe she didn't want to know? I don't believe her story. The higher ups knew because they encouraged the abuse and torture.

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razors edge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 08:46 PM
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4. the faces of death one and all.
I hate to think of where and what I would be had I not left that profession.
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QuestionAll... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 08:48 PM
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5. About Karpinsky
I am tending to lean more to believing her. She said that the interrogations were held late at night when there was a curfew on and unless there was a major emergency, travel just wasn't allowed during those times for her to make surprise inspections at Abu Graib. She was also in charge of many other prisons.

She seemed genuinely ticked off about what went on and pointed out that the people in charge of interrogations were not military (the usual), but intelligence and contractors.

Excellent show all around. Amazing depth and valuable opinions. What a contrast to what I see on corporate america shows of the like.

btw - Todays show was a repeat - the original was on Wednesday night at 9:00.
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