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maybe he should be put in the new Potemkin Prison in Iraq

the US harkens back to the bad old days of the USSR --
>According to the LA [TIMES], a California National Guard sergeant claims
he knew soldiers were regularly beating Iraqi prisoners last
summer in Samarra. When he reported the alleged abuse, he says he
was rushed out of the country to military hospitals for mental
evaluations, which he calls a "cover-up." His commander claims he
was suffering from "combat stress." <
 
[from MS SLATE's news summary]
 
JD
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