Comments on: Slave labor used to contruct U.S. Embassy In Baghdad. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:04:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jj http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-4022414 jj Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:40:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-4022414 Mayberry's testimony is discredited. The plane hada capacity of 40 seats. The day he flew there were 11 Pinoys on the flight, not 50+. The Philippine government has investigated and spoken to all of the men on the flight. they all knew where they were going and freely signed contracts to take them there. 5 continue to work for First Kuwaiti, of the balance 3 sre still in iraq working for others and the rest are in the Philippines. Check Mayberry's history. He was employed by First Kuwaiti as a qualified medic. He is a morticians assistant and a professional whistleblower. Mayberry’s testimony is discredited.
The plane hada capacity of 40 seats. The day he flew there were 11 Pinoys on the flight, not 50+. The Philippine government has investigated and spoken to all of the men on the flight. they all knew where they were going and freely signed contracts to take them there. 5 continue to work for First Kuwaiti, of the balance 3 sre still in iraq working for others and the rest are in the Philippines.
Check Mayberry’s history. He was employed by First Kuwaiti as a qualified medic. He is a morticians assistant and a professional whistleblower.

]]> By: MC http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3971936 MC Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:43:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3971936 The Bush family has a history of employing slave labor. Directly related to their Nazi history. NEWSWEEK [POLISH EDITION] - "Prescott Sheldon Bush, grandfather of George Walker Bush, had financial dealings during World War II with the Nazis, amassing a family fortune as a banker. Prescott Bush was a shareholder of the company United Banking Corporation, working with industrialist Fritz Thyssen from the Nazistowskiego Silesian Consolidated Steel Corporation, where Auschwitz prisoners worked." http://www.watch.pair.com/reich.html The Bush family has a history of employing slave labor. Directly related to their Nazi history.

NEWSWEEK [POLISH EDITION] – “Prescott Sheldon Bush, grandfather of George Walker Bush, had financial dealings during World War II with the Nazis, amassing a family fortune as a banker. Prescott Bush was a shareholder of the company United Banking Corporation, working with industrialist Fritz Thyssen from the Nazistowskiego Silesian Consolidated Steel Corporation, where Auschwitz prisoners worked.”

http://www.watch.pair.com/reich.html

]]> By: Chocolat Jesus God Help Us into uranUs http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3970153 Chocolat Jesus God Help Us into uranUs Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:23:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3970153 Ringo, you have to be one of the dumbest, most inbred redneck pieces of xenophobic trash I've ever come across.. if you want to go back to "they couldnt use it if X hadnt invented it", well, where would we be without algebra and written language? (from the Phoenicians) And as far as being hundreds of years behind us..well... they dont seem to be hundreds of years behind us in the art of guerilla warfare, do they? And arent those Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP's) which make short work of our hi tech armor supposed to be a Persian invention? Thats what your heroes have been claiming and screaming about. I did some research and I can't find mention of them anywhere outside the middle east... thank god deluded fooks like you are a dying breed. when are you going over to iraq to help tame the primitive savages, anyway? Ringo, you have to be one of the dumbest, most inbred redneck pieces of xenophobic trash I’ve ever come across.. if you want to go back to “they couldnt use it if X hadnt invented it”, well, where would we be without algebra and written language? (from the Phoenicians)

And as far as being hundreds of years behind us..well… they dont seem to be hundreds of years behind us in the art of guerilla warfare, do they?

And arent those Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP’s) which make short work of our hi tech armor supposed to be a Persian invention? Thats what your heroes have been claiming and screaming about. I did some research and I can’t find mention of them anywhere outside the middle east…

thank god deluded fooks like you are a dying breed. when are you going over to iraq to help tame the primitive savages, anyway?

]]> By: blogbob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3969591 blogbob Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:52:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3969591 I'm sure that Tony Snow-job will rationalize this as "okay" since "they volunteered" and they were paid for their work. It's the same argument they use for sending the kids of America's working class to die for control of Iraq's oil while Jenna and Babs and Mary and Liz work for Republican think-tanks. Hypocrisy--it's not just for breakfast anymore! I’m sure that Tony Snow-job will rationalize this as “okay” since “they volunteered” and they were paid for their work. It’s the same argument they use for sending the kids of America’s working class to die for control of Iraq’s oil while Jenna and Babs and Mary and Liz work for Republican think-tanks.

Hypocrisy–it’s not just for breakfast anymore!

]]> By: Debra http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3967572 Debra Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:43:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3967572 ...and Jesus wept …and Jesus wept

]]> By: John Smith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3967158 John Smith Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:58:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3967158 When you choose your overseer's.....is it really oversight? When you choose your overseer’s…..is it really oversight?

]]> By: wildboy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3966107 wildboy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:05:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3966107 Personally, I like the idea of using Republicans as slave labor. I can think of no group more deserving, well, maybe sex offenders... whoops... Personally, I like the idea of using Republicans as slave labor. I can think of no group more deserving, well, maybe sex offenders… whoops…

]]> By: ozarkBison http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3966051 ozarkBison Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:16:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3966051 yes this story has popped up in the past, workers being hired outside Iraq for construction but not being told they're headed for Iraq until they are on the plane/bus/convoy. it is now simply being confirmed by an American who witnessed the sordid act. apparently it's not real until an American reports it. yes this story has popped up in the past, workers being hired outside Iraq for construction but not being told they’re headed for Iraq until they are on the plane/bus/convoy. it is now simply being confirmed by an American who witnessed the sordid act. apparently it’s not real until an American reports it.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3965991 Evil Spaniard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:05:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3965991 <em>#121 As a boy, I read a book entitled “An American Guerilla in the Philippines”. Good read, the natives were our eyes and ears for some operations. Entire villages were executed for collaborating with American infiltrators. Comment by WaltTheMan — July 26, 2007 @ 4:23 pm</em> But the irony is that the USA transformed the Phillippines in a USA colony from a Spanish colony, after "liberating" them from our "imperialism": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_expansion_of_the_United_States <em>In 1898, the United States lent strong support to Emilio Aguinaldo's native liberation movement and helped to defeat Spanish occupation forces. Aguinaldo and his supporters declared independence, but the U.S. reversed its policy and annexed the islands. The natives resisted, and the Philippine-American War ensued. The Philippine-American War (1899 to 1913) is often cited as another instance of United States imperialism. While many Filipinos were initially delighted to be rid of the Spanish rule of the Philippines, the guerrilla fighters soon found that the Americans were not prepared to grant them much more autonomy than Spain had allowed. Thus, for the next 15 years, American forces engaged in a war in the jungles of the Philippines against the Filipino resistance. An estimated 200,000 Filipinos died from war, war induced famine, and conditions in American concentration camps. Some American soldiers participated in war crimes, including torture and killing POWs.[2] The Philippines became a U.S. colony in the fashion of Europe's New Imperialism, with benevolent colonial practices. The Philippines remained under U.S. or Japanese rule until after World War II. The English language was made compulsory, but the native Tagalog also gained official status in 1937. Both languages are official today. The Filipinos welcomed the American reconquest from Japan in 1944, and gained political independence, for the first time, in 1946.</em> #121 As a boy, I read a book entitled “An American Guerilla in the Philippines”. Good read, the natives were our eyes and ears for some operations. Entire villages were executed for collaborating with American infiltrators.

Comment by WaltTheMan — July 26, 2007 @ 4:23 pm

But the irony is that the USA transformed the Phillippines in a USA colony from a Spanish colony, after “liberating” them from our “imperialism”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_expansion_of_the_United_States

In 1898, the United States lent strong support to Emilio Aguinaldo’s native liberation movement and helped to defeat Spanish occupation forces. Aguinaldo and his supporters declared independence, but the U.S. reversed its policy and annexed the islands. The natives resisted, and the Philippine-American War ensued.

The Philippine-American War (1899 to 1913) is often cited as another instance of United States imperialism. While many Filipinos were initially delighted to be rid of the Spanish rule of the Philippines, the guerrilla fighters soon found that the Americans were not prepared to grant them much more autonomy than Spain had allowed. Thus, for the next 15 years, American forces engaged in a war in the jungles of the Philippines against the Filipino resistance. An estimated 200,000 Filipinos died from war, war induced famine, and conditions in American concentration camps. Some American soldiers participated in war crimes, including torture and killing POWs.[2]

The Philippines became a U.S. colony in the fashion of Europe’s New Imperialism, with benevolent colonial practices. The Philippines remained under U.S. or Japanese rule until after World War II. The English language was made compulsory, but the native Tagalog also gained official status in 1937. Both languages are official today. The Filipinos welcomed the American reconquest from Japan in 1944, and gained political independence, for the first time, in 1946.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3965990 Evil Spaniard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:59:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3965990 <em>Not sure “Western tehcnology” would even exist w/ out algebra… just a thought… On the other hand, if the evangelicals are right, and the Earth really is only 6,000 yrs old, you can kiss off almost ALL recorded knowledge, including the sciences: geology, chemistry, astronomy, paleontology… Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 26, 2007 @ 4:19 pm</em> Even Algebra is an arab language word... Not sure “Western tehcnology” would even exist w/ out algebra…
just a thought…

On the other hand, if the evangelicals are right, and the Earth really is only 6,000 yrs old, you can kiss off almost ALL recorded knowledge, including the sciences: geology, chemistry, astronomy, paleontology…

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — July 26, 2007 @ 4:19 pm

Even Algebra is an arab language word…

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3965806 pete Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:57:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3965806 Off topic. This is a story that every American must see. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602025.html Off topic. This is a story that every American must see.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602025.html

]]> By: Sean http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3965583 Sean Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:10:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3965583 WHAT?! Holy... good lord. Simply unbelievable. Ungodly. ~Sean WHAT?!

Holy… good lord.

Simply unbelievable. Ungodly.

~Sean

]]> By: AWOL Rain Man http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964743 AWOL Rain Man Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:35:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964743 <strong>Put Bush and Cheney and their WHOLE FAMILIES there after they are convicted for TREASON, when a Democratic President takes over. Let them DIE in the hell that THEY have created...</strong> Put Bush and Cheney and their WHOLE FAMILIES there after they are convicted for TREASON, when a Democratic President takes over.

Let them DIE in the hell that THEY have created…

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964531 Marie Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:33:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964531 I think there was a documentary on the slave labor trade on TV a while back. Young men kidnapped from parts of asia and sold as slaves. I think there was a documentary on the slave labor trade on TV a while back. Young men kidnapped from parts of asia and sold as slaves.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964525 Marie Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:31:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964525 Isn't this the gazillion dollar construction project that is poorly built, falling apart before it's even complete, rife with substandard construction -- but the profits of the contractor were astronomical? Kidnapped, slave labor didn't measure up to standards -- surprise! But the contract must be paid - it's signed and sealed. Isn’t this the gazillion dollar construction project that is poorly built, falling apart before it’s even complete, rife with substandard construction — but the profits of the contractor were astronomical?
Kidnapped, slave labor didn’t measure up to standards — surprise! But the contract must be paid – it’s signed and sealed.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964406 ForTruth Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:56:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964406 Who would the US have to fight and keep the war business humming, if it weren't for those A-rabs? They serve us well. /sarcasm Who would the US have to fight and keep the war business humming, if it weren’t for those A-rabs? They serve us well.

/sarcasm

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964392 Doc Rock Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:51:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964392 This originally came out several days ago, was anyone paying attention??? This originally came out several days ago, was anyone paying attention???

]]> By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964388 IgnoranceIsNotBliss Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:49:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964388 Ah yes......enslaving them over there so we don't have to enslave them over here /snark How f8cking sad is this? No wonder the world hates the US. Ah yes……enslaving them over there so we don’t have to enslave them over here

/snark

How f8cking sad is this? No wonder the world hates the US.

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964353 WaltTheMan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:40:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964353 Actually, the Soviet Union invented the kind of bit being used now to drill for oil. The invention arose in a Muslim SSR. Actually, the Soviet Union invented the kind of bit being used now to drill for oil. The invention arose in a Muslim SSR.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/comment-page-3/#comment-3964324 The Republic of Stupidity Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:32:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/26/slave-labor-used-to-contruct-us-embassy-in-baghdad/#comment-3964324 I have to agree with Ringo. If Kissinger is a Peace Nobel Laureate… Comment by Juan C And don't forget, Rush Limbaugh was nominated... by someone... his mommy? I have to agree with Ringo. If Kissinger is a Peace Nobel Laureate…

Comment by Juan C

And don’t forget, Rush Limbaugh was nominated… by someone… his mommy?

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