The abuse of Iraqi prisoners

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Mon, May 03, 2004, 6:21 pm  //  John Servais

is a sad development for our country. I don't want to pile on and kick our military as we need a strong armed services to survive in this world. We can only hope that full investigations are carried out.

But I can tell you this - and every service veteran can tell you this. This abuse could only happen with officers up the chain of command knowing about it. There is emerging evidence that special interrogation units - operating outside the chain of command - were responsible. So far this is being largely ignored by the press. Perhaps officers in the chain of command were ordered to overlook these interrogation units and give them cooperation. That is my guess of what will emerge.

It is contrary to their training and code of honor for regular US military officers to initiate such abuse. But it is part of the military justice system to find scapegoats and let upper-level officers who knew what was happening to go free. Hopefully the press will expose the interrogation units and the higher officers who looked the other way.
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Re: Chamber of Commerce insert in today’s Bellingham Herald

Mon, May 24, 2004, 5:22 pm  //  John Servais

The initiative is 'remove motor boats', not 'remove boats' from Lake Whatcom. Our Chamber of Commerce just lies in print to achieve their goal of defeating the initiative.

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The Military Intelligence units are beginning to be exposed

Tue, May 18, 2004, 5:30 pm  //  John Servais

ABC News has an exclusive interview with a sergeant in the 302 MI Battalion, a unit of Col Pappas 205 MI Brigade. See NwCit report below of May…

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Open thru February - Village Books has opened a shop at Bellis Faire Mall - next to Macy's.

How our US Government falsifies documents

Mon, May 17, 2004, 5:46 pm  //  John Servais

This statement was posted on the DOD website on Saturday - and I took a computer photo of it on Sunday - to catch them if they changed…

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Torture. What is it?

Wed, May 12, 2004, 6:01 pm  //  John Servais

It is to cause extreme physical or mental pain for punishment or to extract a confession or information. Our government officials are now saying we do not torture…

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This is a kangaroo court at its finest

Mon, May 10, 2004, 6:04 pm  //  John Servais

A short note. For days we have all listened to voices from the left demand resignations and voices from the right actually defend this behavior or at least…

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Why is the press not interviewing participants?

Thu, May 06, 2004, 6:08 pm  //  John Servais

Questions not being asked by the press about the abuses. At least I've not run across them in news reports. The reports have not gone into any more…

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The military police are not the culprits

Wed, May 05, 2004, 6:10 pm  //  John Servais

Colonel Thomas Pappas continues in command of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade - according to today's Baltimore Sun. He is the bastard who has the most to answer…

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Let the reporting be comprehensive

Tue, May 04, 2004, 6:15 pm  //  John Servais

Colonel Thomas Pappas. Why have the news media not told you about this guy? They have told us a lot about General Janis Karpinski, the commander of the…

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The abuse of Iraqi prisoners

Mon, May 03, 2004, 6:21 pm  //  John Servais

is a sad development for our country. I don't want to pile on and kick our military as we need a strong armed services to survive in this…

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