Evidence: Prisoners were beaten till faces 'like haggises'

Iceburg

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Fri May-07-04 06:56 AM
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Evidence: Prisoners were beaten till faces 'like haggises'

British soldier gives new details of abuse of jailed Iraqis

British military chiefs were last night confronted with further damaging allegations about the behaviour of their troops, with fresh claims of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war.

At a secret location in London last night, military police questioned a soldier, known only as "soldier C", who had come forward with the claims.
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In one, a corporal allegedly placed a sandbag over a suspect's face and poked his fingers in the victim's eyes.

"I've seen the state of their faces when they took the sandbags off. Their noses were bent - they looked like haggises," Soldier C told the Mirror. He said there were three ringleaders of the violence, but that officers were to blame, as well as corporals and sergeants.

more ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1211509,00.html
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Haggis: A Scottish dish consisting of a mixture of the minced heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep or calf mixed with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the slaughtered animal.

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saigon68

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Fri May-07-04 06:59 AM
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1. FACE LIKE A HAGGIS

LOVELY JUST LOVELY

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DoYouEverWonder

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Fri May-07-04 07:23 AM
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2. This is why we need allow cameras into all Iraqi prisons NOW!

Usually the only way to PROVE brutality is to get pictures while the person is still in the prison. Please write your reps and the media and demand an Independent Investigation to start immediately and that camera and video crews be allowed into the prisons NOW!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x7686

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FreakinDJ

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Fri May-07-04 08:42 AM
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4. Write your lawmakers and demand Rumsfeld resignation

Nancy Pelosi demanded Rumsfeld resignation. I think we should all be writing our lawmakers telling them we want Rumsfeld to step down NOW

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FreakinDJ

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Fri May-07-04 08:39 AM
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3. So this is what the RW media meant by College Hazing

Makes you wonder how many of those that try to compare the torture to college hazing were sodomized and beaten to look like a Haggis

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soleft

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Fri May-07-04 08:44 AM
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5. Hi Iceberg, this story was reported earlier

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x536717#537317

Also, please make sure when you post in Late Breaking News that your subject line match the title of the article you're linking to. Thanks.

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