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Saturday, May 29, 2004
BUSH'S LIES EXPOSED. The
Washington Post nails it in an editorial
yesterday:
President Bush's
persistence in describing the abuse of foreign prisoners as an
isolated problem at one Iraqi prison is blatantly at odds with
the facts seeping out from his administration. These include
mounting reports of crimes at detention facilities across Iraq and
Afghanistan and evidence that detention policies the president
approved helped set the stage for torture and homicide. Yes,
homicide: The most glaring omission from the president's account
is that at least 37 people have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and
Afghanistan - and that at least 10 of these cases are suspected
criminal killings of detainees by U.S. interrogators or
soldiers.
Let's return for a moment to Bush's
speech
of last Monday night:
Under the dictator,
prisons like Abu Ghraib were symbols of death and torture. That
same prison became a symbol of disgraceful conduct by a few
American troops who dishonored our country and disregarded our
values.
Try as Bush might, he can't blame
it all on Charles Graney and Lynndie England. We know too much
already. We're going to know a lot more in the very near
future.
CORRECTION OF THE WEEK. If
not the month. From today's Boston Globe (not online
yet):
Because of a reporting
error, Dr. Arleigh Dygert Richardson III, former teacher at
Lawrence Academy in Groton, was described in his obituary
yesterday as favoring tacky pants with tweed jackets and Oxford
shirts. Dr. Richardson favored khaki pants.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
