Check my other post.

Post #90,657 by Brandioch 3/23/03 11:42:32 AM Reply	Check my other post. At this moment, it is in the anti-US factions' best interest to keep them alive and healthy. Not that will necessarily happen. But it will make GREAT propaganda to show off the LIVING captives while pointing out that the US tortures its captives to death.
Post #90,677 by boxley 3/23/03 12:07:01 PM Reply	past Iraqi treatment of prisoners has been harsh raping both the male and female prisoners appears to be a national pastime. [link\|http://www.iranian.com/Nov95/POW.html#Abuse\|http://www.iranian.c...95/POW.html#Abuse] thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] To a lot of people in California hunting anything but the wild tofualope was equivelent to sacarificing babies to satan. S.M. Stirling
Post #90,684 by jake123 3/23/03 12:21:54 PM Reply	Interestingly, Iraqi POW policy was reported yesterday The Iraqi infomin (uh, information ministry) had said that all geneva conventions wrt POWs would be respected. This was on CBC, and they showed the broadcast where he was saying that, which was broadcast sometime yesterday. This morning, they have POWs. It makes me wonder how long they've actually had them for. If you watch CNN/BBC, and then watch CBCNW, you get slightly different pictures of the war coming out. CBC's Paul Workman (who happens to be a distant cousin) is saying that UK forces are being surprised at the ferocity of resistance (he's reporting near Basra). Paul Hunter today was pointing up the fact that the media center in Qatar was still denying even the possiblity of US captures after Rumsfeld had already admitted it was a possibility this morning. It is definitely in the Iraq regime's best interest to treat the POWs with utmost care, if they think they might be able to survive this. Part of what they must be hoping to accomplish is to show that the Bush regime has been lying to the US people, whether or not that has in fact been the case. Good treatment of US POWs (and snide comparisons to US treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay) can only help them in the court of world opinion. At least the families of the US POWs will know where they are; the same cannot be said for most of the prisoners at Guantanamo. While the conscript army folded up in '91, it was different; this time they're defending their homes, not some other country. The Shia in Southern Iraq are happy to see Saddam go, but I very much doubt they will rest long under US occupation. They still remember the betrayal by Bush 39 after the Gulf War. Note that when you see interviews with people in S. Iraq, they always say "yes, we are happy to see Saddam go" but never "yes, we are happy you are here". There was a documentary on CBC last night called "Generation of Hate" made last year, and which has an extensive section devoted to interviews with Shia religious leaders from S. Iraq. The US cannot expect an easy ride from these people, despite their hatred of Saddam Hussein. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #90,687 by Brandioch 3/23/03 12:29:31 PM Reply	We'll see how this plays out. Right now, they have an incentive to be very nice to those people. In fact, they SHOULD be inviting the Red Cross and mid-east officials to check up on them. This is propaganda. They already know that the US will torture prisoners to death. They already know that the US will lie about its intelligence findings. Your link is to an Iranian page. Claim that the Iranians lied. Show the world how nice you are. The idea is to get the citizens in the other mid-east countries so pissed off that they'll force their governments to kick the US troops out. It's a slim chance, but it's the only chance right now.

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