[Marxism] "ordered by U.S. military officials to walk away"

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's the original article that was referred to in an earlier post:
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. . .
Hendrickson radioed up the chain of command in the Army's 1st Cavalry
Division, relaying what he had seen and asking for instructions. As the
soldiers waited, Southall said, the Iraqi policemen began to get
"defiant and hostile" toward the Americans.

It wasn't long before the order came: Stand down. Return the prisoners
to the Iraqi authorities and leave the detention yard.

That order infuriated the Oregon guardsmen, who viewed themselves as
protectors of the abused prisoners. Nonetheless, the soldiers obeyed.
None of the soldiers interviewed for this story said which U.S. general
gave the order.

In the preceding weeks, the guardsmen had been bombarded with images of
Americans abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention center.
Those images, which continue to reverberate through the Arab world, had
been replayed frequently on the televisions at Patrol Base Volunteer.

The guardsmen who later gave their account of that day said they wanted
Americans to know about the actions they took to protect unresisting
prisoners -- and that they were ordered by U.S. military officials to
walk away.

"The guys were really upset," said one soldier. Said another who talked
to them immediately afterward, "They were really moved by what they'd
seen."

Hendrickson referred questions about the episode to Brig. Gen. Jeffrey
Hammond of the 1st Cavalry. The story of what happened June 29 "needs
to be told," Hammond acknowledged when interviewed by The Oregonian.
But he said that, "because of the nature of this issue, it's being
handled at a higher level than me."
. . .
<http://www.oregonlive.com/special/oregonian/iraq/index.ssf?/base/
front_page/109196614530740.xml>
or http://makeashorterlink.com/?O15F32009
Don't overlook the photos.
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Although not directly related, this article is about possible
de-enlistment due to false promises or assertions by the military.

http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=5685

And this regarding a possible draft, including women, has probably
already been posted, but may still be of interest.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html


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