General Accuses WH of War Crimes

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The two-star general who led an Army investigation into the horrific detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib has accused the Bush administration of war crimes and is calling for accountability.

In his 2004 report on Abu Ghraib, then-Major General Anthony Taguba concluded that "numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees." He called the abuse "systemic and illegal." And, as Seymour M. Hersh reported in the New Yorker, he was rewarded for his honesty by being forced into retirement.

Now, in a preface to a Physicians for Human Rights report based on medical examinations of former detainees, Taguba adds an epilogue to his own investigation.

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Too Bad Men Like Taguba Are Forced Out

It is too bad that men like General Antonio Taguba are forced out and we are left with the likes of Petraus.

Thank you Trevor for posting this item. Seymour Hersh's article about Gen. Taguba came out about a year ago. It is a good read.

The General’s Report
How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties.
by Seymour M. Hersh

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/25/070625fa_fact_hersh?curren...

"And what is this liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world?" -- Frederic Bastiat

liberty44 Posted by liberty44 on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 15:38
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