Abu Ghraib Officer Acquitted Of Cruelty, Supervision Failures...Found Guilty Of Disobeying Order Not To Discuss Investigation

Associated Press   |  DAVID DISHNEAU   |   August 28, 2007 03:14 PM


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A military court Tuesday acquitted an Army officer of failing to control U.S. soldiers who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but it found him guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the abuse investigation.

Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan was the only officer and the last of 12 defendants to go to trial in the 2003 Abu Ghraib scandal that embarrassed the Pentagon and shocked the Muslim world.

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- vippy See Profile I'm a Fan of vippy permalink

Captain Graham - keep up the good work!
There is less and less about the war in Iraq
now in the media and I wonder why.
Our freedoms are being surpressed by hiding
the truth from us.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:32 PM on 08/29/2007
- andyboy See Profile I'm a Fan of andyboy permalink

What they are saying is this creep denied knowing about what was going on right under his nose. And the court is like oh okay that's perfectly normal who would expect the person in charge to know anything?

That would go against everything we know about the military. This fuck up was like...

"They were what? To who? When? How far up his ass? I didn't see a thing. That was the night shift."

And then the Adjunct General or whoever the fuck it is goes.....

"Oh yeah of course. You'll bear no responsibility whatsoever. The whitewash is in. Cigar? Scotch?"



    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:50 PM on 08/29/2007
- MAC2 See Profile I'm a Fan of MAC2 permalink

More BS, we have found guilty a bunch of ENLISTED reservist form Tenn and Virgina. We contracted out the inteligence job (Torture) to our Special Forces, CIA contractors and Doctors.

It took over 4 years to get a rightous investigation (Army did 6 )into the killing of Army Specialist Pat Tillman. That resulted in a General being RETIRED for lying. Wow retired and placed on the golf course as punishment. No jail time, no prison time no nothing except retire.

When a country of 230 million people buy off on 7 kids from the mid west doing what happened in ABU with out any management knowing then you can understand how this country could vote a crazy little fuzzy footed hobbit from TEXAS as our president. Impeach the crazy Hobbit.................

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:18 PM on 08/29/2007
- joebaggadonuts See Profile I'm a Fan of joebaggadonuts permalink

So he was convicted for talking about the investigation? What a mockery. At least he got some time to serve.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:04 PM on 08/29/2007
- frybread See Profile I'm a Fan of frybread permalink

The U.S. military is about justice, honor, sacrifice, and duty. Uh ... just not in this case.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 AM on 08/29/2007
- jay1975 See Profile I'm a Fan of jay1975 permalink

Sergeants run the daily business of the Army. This Colonel was not given daily reports as to the actions of those "Soldiers". He should not have been held accountable for their actions. I worked two different prisons during my second year in Iraq. The highest ranking officer on a daily basis was a Leutenant. The Lt's job was little more than writing reports and memo's. The Sergeants (like myself)were entrusted with the daily operations of the prison.The senior officers were never around. I have no problem with the verdict of this trial. The Sergeant present at the time are in jail and rest assured, they were the ones who hid these dispicable acts from their officers to protect themselves.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:43 AM on 08/29/2007
- MikeDu See Profile I'm a Fan of MikeDu permalink

I'm trying to recall, didn't a Marine recently get acquitted of - among other thing - shooting a three year old girl in the back of the head? Apparently, what Iraqi witnesses there were simply weren't willing to attend the hearing HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD! 'Military Justice' is an oxymoron.

Let's not forget, after these criminal psychotics get out of the military they're going to be back in the population dating our daughters.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:45 AM on 08/29/2007
- altara See Profile I'm a Fan of altara permalink



Looks as though the military cares most about providing information to the public that may deviate from the official party line. See Pat Tillman incident.

homer www.altara.blogspot.com

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:02 AM on 08/29/2007
- wars4profit See Profile I'm a Fan of wars4profit permalink


The monopoly media/Pentagon offered us a scapegoat by showing Private Lynndie England's picture over and over. A great deal of photographic evidence, however, was withheld from the public to protect the guilty:


Male American soldier in uniform attacks female Iraqi detainee


"[General Antonio] Taguba said that he saw "a video of a male American soldier in uniform sodomizing a female detainee." The video was not made public in any of the subsequent court proceedings, nor has there been any public government mention of it. Such images would have added an even more inflammatory element to the outcry over Abu Ghraib. "It's bad enough that there were photographs of Arab men wearing women's panties," Taguba said."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061707A.shtml.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:43 PM on 08/28/2007
- speakingtruth2power See Profile I'm a Fan of speakingtruth2power permalink

THIS IS Pure, unadulterated BUSHIT!!!

This guy should be at the Hague along

with Rummy, Cheney and many more!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:31 PM on 08/28/2007
- SaviourMachine See Profile I'm a Fan of SaviourMachine permalink



Another slap on the wrist,so bloody predictable.
Disgraceful,disgusting,dispicable.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:23 PM on 08/28/2007
- researcher See Profile I'm a Fan of researcher permalink

they are only iraqis and not even christian and I am supposed to feel sorry for these terrorists. send them to texas they will know what to do with them.
signed
another texan with a cowboy mentality of shoot and kill them.

we have had three texans for pres and three wars you do the math.

we won one so the american people are ok with that one.

this one we are going to get our asses kicked again like nam.

I cant believe those dumb nonchristian iraqis are trying to remove the invaders. why dont they lie down and take it we won mission accomplished and let us have the oil so we can ship it to israel via a pipeline.

god I love capitalism, christianity, and the flag. jesus was a nationalist you know and taught that might makes right.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:44 PM on 08/28/2007
- civilbehavior See Profile I'm a Fan of civilbehavior permalink



If the amjority of Americans where actually engaged enough to watch any of these despicable videos of the soldiers and the britality that is taking place.......If they were forced to watch them day after day and made to understand what is taking place with America's name written all over it this war would come to a halt in a second and Bush and Cheney would be tried as war criminals.

Instead everyone watched MSM and listens to Bush and his propogandists talk the happy talk with short snappy phrases like " the surge is working" and "we're making progress". Make people watch these videos. Make them understand what is happening.

Then get the hell out.

If Americans don't understand they are writing their own death warrants by supporting this gang of thugs in the WH then they deserve no less.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:04 PM on 08/28/2007
- Nommo See Profile I'm a Fan of Nommo permalink

Sorry, most Americans are out trying to torture and kill Michael Vick. You know, a real criminal.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 08/28/2007
- kfdan See Profile I'm a Fan of kfdan permalink

Those at the top are not punished and that should make everyone at the bottom realize when things go wrong, they will take the fall. The US Empire is just like all the others ~ sinking in self-delusion and withering on the vine!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:13 PM on 08/28/2007
- Captain EdwardGraham See Profile I'm a Fan of Captain EdwardGraham permalink




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yE8jEV0Nk War Crimes yank kills wounded , watch US Marine shoot wounded Insurgent in cold blood;

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most of these videos are classified. I wonder why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0qs71TYwoM US soldiers Killing a wounded Iraqi ; War crimes; US marines cheer afterwards; interview ' awsome, lets do it again'




    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 08/28/2007
- marko77 See Profile I'm a Fan of marko77 permalink

"most of these videos are classified. I wonder why?" by Captain EdwardGraham
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Why would you wonder, Cappy?? On 8/9/07 you posted this:

"Watch US troops thrown up in the air while still alive by IEDs." by Captain EdwardGraham

There are plenty of people who oppose the War in Iraq, but you are an Internet Jihadist, Cappy, who seems to get off on watching videos of GIs getting blown up - so, take a hike, Cappy. I have no interest in what you say.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:57 PM on 08/28/2007
- royjeffries See Profile I'm a Fan of royjeffries permalink

And I suppose you huffpoops think Hussein was rail roaded?!

"Put Jordan on trial!" Oops, his acquittal doesn't fit our political agenda -- hang him anyway! And, and, what about Fallujah, and My Lai, and, and those cadets who teased that girl at the Citadel, and, and, tail hook -- sounds gay to me. LOL.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:33 PM on 08/28/2007
- truthoutdotduh See Profile I'm a Fan of truthoutdotduh permalink

Actually, Saddam was railroaded in a phony kangaroo court. He should have been tried at the Hague. That would have been legitimate at least. And that's also where Bush, Cheney, Rummy, & Co. should be brought, but since true justice does not exist in this post 9/11 world, it will never happen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:47 PM on 08/28/2007
- royjeffries See Profile I'm a Fan of royjeffries permalink

You're either ignorant or a fool or both if you actually believe what you wrote. Thanks for restoring my faith in the unlimited stupidity of your ilk.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:42 AM on 08/29/2007
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