Inmates Scuttle Efforts to Repair Iraq Prison Image

Inmates Scuttle Efforts to Repair Iraq Prison Image
By Tom Perry

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (Reuters) - Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad staged an angry demonstration against their detention Monday, disrupting a U.S. public relations exercise to repair damage done by a prisoner abuse scandal.

Col. David Quantock, commander of the 16th Military Police Brigade, struggled to keep the attention of reporters on a guided tour of the jail as more than 100 prisoners challenged his assertion that ties with U.S. prison guards were good.

"We have a very good relationship with our detainees, we work that very hard," Quantock told reporters on a bus, as one of many dishevelled inmates behind a tall razor wire fence revealed a T-shirt reading: "Prisoners cannot talk freely."

"What are you going to do about this scandal?" read a banner unfurled by other detainees, standing at the edge of one of the prison's open-air pens where up to 500 prisoners sleep in dirty khaki-colored tents on the floor.

"They are given blankets for warmth," Quantock said. They also have concrete bunkers where they can seek shelter when guerrillas attack the jail. Two mortar attacks on the jail killed nearly 30 inmates in April.

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I wonder if he believes his scripted drivel.

Another NeoCon apologist

Haven't they heard about Our Glorious Leader and his liberamashun of their land?

T-shirt reading: "Prisoners cannot talk freely."

"What are you going to do about this scandal?" read a banner unfurled...

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Meine ficken Fresse.