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RickSp · Feb 16, 2005, 10:54 am

Americans tortured in Abu Ghraib. Ironies abound. So I guess this more of what Gonzales meant when he call the Geneva Convention "quaint" and "outdated."

[quote]The latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by American pilots who were beaten and abused by Iraqis during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. And it has taken a strange twist.

The Bush administration is fighting the former prisoners of war in court, trying to prevent them from collecting nearly $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them as compensation for their torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime.

The rationale: Today's Iraqis are good guys, and they need the money.

The case abounds with ironies. It pits the U.S. government squarely against its own war heroes and the Geneva Convention.

Many of the pilots were tortured in the same Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, where American soldiers abused Iraqis 15 months ago. Those Iraqi victims, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said, deserve compensation from the United States."

Gulf War pilots tortured by Iraqis fight the Bush administration in trying to collect compensation

Samildanach · Feb 16, 2005, 05:04 pm

Well its a good example of just how much Bush actually cares for the actual military personnel once you get past his rhetoric.

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RickSp Volcanic Erupter Posts: 9,589	White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs Americans tortured in Abu Ghraib. Ironies abound. So I guess this more of what Gonzales meant when he call the Geneva Convention "quaint" and "outdated." [quote]The latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by American pilots who were beaten and abused by Iraqis during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. And it has taken a strange twist. The Bush administration is fighting the former prisoners of war in court, trying to prevent them from collecting nearly $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them as compensation for their torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime. The rationale: Today's Iraqis are good guys, and they need the money. The case abounds with ironies. It pits the U.S. government squarely against its own war heroes and the Geneva Convention. Many of the pilots were tortured in the same Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, where American soldiers abused Iraqis 15 months ago. Those Iraqi victims, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said, deserve compensation from the United States." Gulf War pilots tortured by Iraqis fight the Bush administration in trying to collect compensation Rick "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis

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Samildanach Pragmatist Location: UK London Posts: 1,979	Well its a good example of just how much Bush actually cares for the actual military personnel once you get past his rhetoric. I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs and insanity for everyone, but its always worked for me. Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." (Ernest Hemingway)