Comments on: Iraqi man files lawsuit claiming he was tortured at Abu Ghraib.

By: galmud

galmud — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:42:47 +0000

Will this lawsuit go anywhere? I thought the contractors in Iraq were above the law?

By: Bozo The Neoclown

Bozo The Neoclown — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:37:19 +0000

“punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame and kept him naked and handcuffed in his cell beginning in September 2003.”

Reads like the latest waahhhhpublican politician male on male sex scandal transcript or,…an average weekend at angry tranny annie coulter’s house

By: Yankeluh

Yankeluh — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:06:35 +0000

This is interesting because he is suing contractors not members of the military. Can they be brought before The Hague? How can we contribute to the funding of the lawsuit?

By: Buckie Boy

Buckie Boy — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:06:05 +0000

And just how fast will Bush have his ‘Loyalist’ Supreme Court guys throw this case out on the grounds of ‘National Security’?

Just like they have done to ever case like this that has come before them.

Because of Bush, I don’t believe that Supreme Court Judges should be permanent anymore, they are a tool for the Reichwingers to screw the people and help corporations and Republicans commit crimes without interference.

By: stewarjt

stewarjt — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:51:09 +0000

Emad al-Janabi claims the contractors “punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a bed frame and kept him naked and handcuffed in his cell beginning in September 2003.”

That’s not torture, that’s “harsh interrogation techniques.”

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:28:31 +0000

Didn’t he get Press Secretary Dana Perino’s memo?

We Don’t Torture.

By: cavjam

cavjam — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:51 +0000

Supreme Court Justice Antonin “No Recusement Tony” Scalia – it’s absurd to say the government can’t smack a suspect in the face.

Since private contractors work for the gummint (or more accurately, vice versa), such sentiment can logically be extended to them.

Forget for a moment the moral, legal, and practical problems with physical intimidation; the whole “innocent till proven otherwise” now seems a foreign concept, both to a goddamn SCJ and to media (see esp. Nancy Grace, she of no orgasm).

By: misshusseinmolly

misshusseinmolly — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:24:36 +0000

Eh — the U.S. Government will just say that it wasn’t the contractors’ faults. It was little Lyndie England who did all the torturing, and she’s in jail now, isn’t she? End of story.

/snark off

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:13:25 +0000

Unfortunately, I predict that this will be thrown out of court on the basis that he can’t sue in US courts as it didn’t happen in the US. Likewise, he can’t sue in Iraqi courts as the US contractors have immunity there (even when they rape their own).

And if he can’t sue, then he can’t prove it happened. Therefore, it never happened.

Ain’t spreading democracy grand !

By: liberal traitor

liberal traitor — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:06:28 +0000

I hope you’re right, I sincerely do. The more I hear McCain talk, the more I see the Dem fight keep on going, the more I get The Fear which can only be followed by Loathing.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:05:12 +0000

lib/traitor, that’s fine, except that after BushitCo is out of business, the next President may decline to intimidate/attack/obliterate those who choose to bring theses effing criminals to justice.

By: liberal traitor

liberal traitor — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:09 +0000

Z,
Make that almost 7 now.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:01:22 +0000

Additionally, not ONE person in Gitmo has come to trial in a span of 6 years.

Not ONE.

America, we hardly know you anymore.

By: liberal traitor

liberal traitor — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:58 +0000

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RUCerious Says:
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This is worth watching. If this doesn’t get a trial in the US, then take it to the Hague. Let’s find out just who was giving the orders, all the way up the chain of command.

Hear the chains rattling, chymp???

Unfortunately the Hague doesn’t really matter anymore…or at least not in a good way. If anyone from this administration or military is taken to the Hague and put in custody, then THIS will come in to play, making things MUCH worse for everyone: http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/aspa080302.htm

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:56:51 +0000

First off, we can’t have any acquittals!

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:55:59 +0000

Contractors are the shadiest businessmen on the face of the earth. And you’ll find them on every face of the earth.

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:55:46 +0000

Well I certainly hope Mr. al-Janabi learned his lesson! I bet next time he’ll think twice about being born in a country we wanted to invade under false pretenses!!

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:55:23 +0000

This is worth watching. If this doesn’t get a trial in the US, then take it to the Hague. Let’s find out just who was giving the orders, all the way up the chain of command.

Hear the chains rattling, chymp???

By: L. Hussein Annie

L. Hussein Annie — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:54:36 +0000

I’m sure some Bush-appointed judge will throw this out of court on a technicality…

Can’t have our victims suing us, now, can we…??

By: A Patriot Acting

A Patriot Acting — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:53:57 +0000

Dick Cheney, “So?”