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9/26/05

Just when you think they aren't paying attention to you at all, something like this shows up in the news. Clearly John has been carrying my letter around in his wallet for these past 30 months, working away at the moral issues that must present themselves to his mind, coming to the slow realization that possibly we shouldn't be doing to other people the things the North Vietnamese did to him.

New Iraq Abuse Allegations Get McCain Moving

    By Richard A. Serrano
    The Los Angeles Times

    Monday 26 September 2005

The senator advocates legislation in response to complaints made public by an Army officer.

    Washington - Sen. John McCain, decrying new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, on Sunday backed an amendment to force the American military to live up to its international obligations under the Geneva Convention and "not engage in torture" of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    McCain (R-Ariz.) was responding to complaints by Army Capt. Ian Fishback and two sergeants, who all served with the 82nd Airborne Division. Their description of routine harsh treatment of captives in Iraq parallels the abuse caught in photographs at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad and was contained in a Human Rights Watch report issued Friday by the advocacy group.

    "We've got to have it stopped. It is hurting America's image abroad," McCain said on ABC's "This Week" program.

    The senator said his staff on the Armed Services Committee was investigating the allegations. That is in addition to a felony probe at Ft. Bragg, N.C. - home to the 82nd Airborne - by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command and an administrative review by the Army inspector general's office.

    "I don't know if these allegations are true," McCain said. "But they have to be investigated. We've got to make it clear to the world that America doesn't do it. It's not about prisoners. It's about us."

...and the piece goes on, omitting only what the Senator intends to do about Joe Arpaio, now that he is clear about torture being wrong...

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	9/26/05 Just when you think they aren't paying attention to you at all, something like this shows up in the news. Clearly John has been carrying my letter around in his wallet for these past 30 months, working away at the moral issues that must present themselves to his mind, coming to the slow realization that possibly we shouldn't be doing to other people the things the North Vietnamese did to him. New Iraq Abuse Allegations Get McCain Moving By Richard A. Serrano The Los Angeles Times Monday 26 September 2005 The senator advocates legislation in response to complaints made public by an Army officer. Washington - Sen. John McCain, decrying new allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, on Sunday backed an amendment to force the American military to live up to its international obligations under the Geneva Convention and "not engage in torture" of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. McCain (R-Ariz.) was responding to complaints by Army Capt. Ian Fishback and two sergeants, who all served with the 82nd Airborne Division. Their description of routine harsh treatment of captives in Iraq parallels the abuse caught in photographs at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad and was contained in a Human Rights Watch report issued Friday by the advocacy group. "We've got to have it stopped. It is hurting America's image abroad," McCain said on ABC's "This Week" program. The senator said his staff on the Armed Services Committee was investigating the allegations. That is in addition to a felony probe at Ft. Bragg, N.C. - home to the 82nd Airborne - by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command and an administrative review by the Army inspector general's office. "I don't know if these allegations are true," McCain said. "But they have to be investigated. We've got to make it clear to the world that America doesn't do it. It's not about prisoners. It's about us." ...and the piece goes on, omitting only what the Senator intends to do about Joe Arpaio, now that he is clear about torture being wrong... *****