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Solidarity Donating Member (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 01:59 PM
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A Real GI Hero In Iraq: Spc Joseph Darby
Edited on Sun May-09-04 11:18 AM by elad
Truth Teller
Spc. Joseph Darby, Iraq Prison Whistle-Blower, Followed His Conscience

By Peter Jennings
ABC News
May 7, 2004

Army Spc. Joseph Darby, 24, is the man who sounded the first alarm about the abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison — by people in his own 372nd Military Police Company.

The New Yorker magazine was the first to report that after seeing the pictures we are all so familiar with now, Darby put an anonymous note under the door of his commander. He described the incidents and the photographs he had seen.

-snip-

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/PersonofWeek/pow_joseph_darby_040507-1.html

A REAL AMERICAN HERO IN IRAQ: SPC JOSEPH DARBY


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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:01 PM
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1. A good man
someone I'd be proud to call 'my son'. :cry:
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:14 PM
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2. His bravery/decency are best Mother's Day gift
he could give his Mom - with all her health problems and financial limitations, she raised a much finer son than Barbara Bush!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:18 PM
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3. This guy was obviously raised well
but where are we as a society when doing the right thing makes you a hero? I'm trying to take anything away from him but have we sunk so low that we are shocked when people do what is right?
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Solidarity Donating Member (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:23 PM
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4. "We" Haven't Sunk So Low
"We" haven't sunk so low. The government has. And "we" are not the government. Big corporate interests and the rich run the government.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:10 PM
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8. Good question.
By doing the right thing Spc. Darby has put himself in great jeopardy to his person and and well being, which is the very definition of heroism.
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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:27 PM
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5. You might have heard that Somerset County (PA), where
Flight 93 went down, and the nine miners were rescued, began to be called America's County.

The fact that Joseph Darby grew up here, and that he showed his tremendous values and courage make me far more proud to live here than either of those other events.
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jokerman93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 02:29 PM
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6. I'm worried
I believe Rumsfeld mentioned him by name in public, placing him in the position of being the stool pigeon.

Frankly, I fear for his life in that lawless place; in a military stacked with appointed fundamentalist christian neocon crusaders.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:03 PM
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7. His name has already been mentioned, in the Sy Hersh New Yorker
piece, I believe. He should be proud of his actions.
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KayLaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:14 PM
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9. The real All American kid
I like to think I raised my children to be half as decent and as brave as this young man.

:loveya:
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:17 PM
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10. Solidarity
Per DU copyright rules
please post only four
paragraphs from the
news source.


Thank you.


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Solidarity Donating Member (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:38 PM
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13. OK
OK He certainly does deserve a parade when he comes home.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:19 PM
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11. Sorry Jessica - you have been (thankfully) Trumped
Edited on Sat May-08-04 03:19 PM by matcom
where is HIS PARADE????????????????
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:24 PM
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12. He's a true hero
http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:38 PM
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14. As a vet, I take pride in this young soldier.
The Army better be working very hard to make sure they have more Darby's and less England's. I salute this young troop for exposing the rat's nest of war criminals, who have disgraced the Army.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:55 PM
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15. Thank you for allowing me to look into the eyes of a Brave American
HERO . :cry:
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Redleg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:58 PM
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16. Give that man a promotion.
I believe there are more Joe Darbys than there are losers in the military. Too bad the Commander in Chief and Secretary of War (excuse me- Defense) are the biggest losers of all.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:10 PM
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17. An American to be proud of
this is how an American should be, I wish we had more like him. :thumbsup:
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 11:28 AM
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18. Kick for Darby's Mom
:kick:
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