Please leave the US soldiers alone!!! War is hell and the media should stay out. This isn't a football game!!!!

I am dismayed by this report but not surprised. We have soldiers on the ground under constant stress with superivision problems. Some abuse would be inevitable. Unfortunately the message from the top is to keep everything secret, to deny anything that does come out, to justify what is admitted as being part of the war on terror, and imply that abuse is okay under certain circumstances.

If this is how we are fighting the war of ideas then heaven help us! We might as well turn ourselves back over to England because the ideals of the revolution have failed. That or we could elect a new government to clean this mess up.

THIS COMES AS NO SUPRISE TO ME. MR. BUSH HAS ARROGANTLY AND CONTRARY TO LAW, THROWING HIS AUTHORITY TO WAGE WAR AND TORTURE PEOPLE. THIS ADMINISTRATIONS' LIES AND DECEIT HAS SET THE TONE FOR THE ARMED FORCES. THESE BRAVE HEROES ARE FIGHTING AND LOSING THEIR LIES BECAUSE OF A LIE. I CANNOT BLAME THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT PUT THEM IN HARMS WAY FOR FALSE REASONS.
16 OF THE 19 HIJACKERS CAME FROM SAUDI ARABIA, NOT IRAQ! THE MONEY TO FINANCE THE 9-11 ATTACKS ORIGINATED FROM SAUDI BANKS AND OTHER MAJOR SAUDI FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. NO WONDER OUR SOLDIERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT HOW TO TREAT PRISONERS. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES!

I have one thing to say about this...these prisoners... are being held for a couple different reasons, they either killed americans plotted against coalition had illegal weapons or killed iraqi civilians... now in my opinion I would have to say that comitting any of these crimes or all of them, means you shouldhave no rights.. the fact that they are still alive is the crime against humanity...

I hope they abuse these guys night and day until Hell freezes over.

PTSD.......and we wonder why? War is hell, yes it is, but this is sadistic and disgusting. We must all ask ourselves, if ordered to do so, would we torture another human being?

Sadly, this comes as no surprise. Bush has declared himself above the law and his AG has determined that the Geneva conventions don't apply.
The shocking arrogance and lawlessness on the part of this president is something I wonder if even Nixon contemplated.
Bush is the worst president, the greatest threat to the Constitution that I have ever witnessed.

These type of techniques have the trademark of the C.I.A.,not the military with the exception of special forces.Although these soldiers were obeying orders,they have the legal right to refuse an order if it is deemed immoral or a violation of military code.The superiors are just as guilty if these allegations prove to be true.If these allegations are true then the ORDERS came from a higher source than those on the ground.

The prisoners can say what they wish...
Do you see eyes gouged out?
Do you see bodies draged through the street?
Do you see headless bodies?

Then I guess we are doing better than our foe.

I'd just like to ask of Judy, if war is hell, is it right then if captured americans are tortured and sometimes killed too?
The geneva conventions are there to protect human rights. Every person deserves to be treated with some form of respect, criminal or not. By resorting to these 'harsh interrogation' we're becoming no better than the terrorists we're seeking to eliminate.

The other thing I'm curious about, is that these people are simply accused of committing crimes, they're never brought to trial, and there is no system to determine their guilt or innocence, so how can one say that they're guilty without a trial? That's not justice!

American soldiers were ambushed and taken hostage recently just south of Baghdad. These brave young men who volunteered to defend our country were murdered, tortured and butchered in the most horrendous way imaginable. Their eyes were gouged out, arms and legs broken, their private parts cut off and shoved in their mouths and finally their hearts were cut out.
Where are the attorneys who claim concern about the human rights of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay (suspected Al-Queda associates), now that brave American soldiers have been tortured and murdered, where is their outrage? Why do they remain silent? Are they more concerned about the rights of the enemy than they are about those defending us. Its a disgrace.

Abuse under any circumstances is quite simply...wrong. We have set ourselves up with a certain standard of planting the ideals of democracy within various countries.

By abusing the prisoners, many of whom have been held for years with no trial, no lawyer and no contact with family, we are showing we are perfectly capable of using terror techniques as the terrorist do. The best example of democracy, is by showing that it can work.

What is worse, very few commanders or officers have been punished, instead, they scapegoat the enlisted men and women.

As far as dragging bodies through the streets goes, we need to keep our atrocities secret so people don't get outraged by it.

So the arguments presented are: 1. It's wrong to torture or 2. Terrorists torture so we have to as well.

Aside from being immoral, torture is bad policy. It is not what we do. Supporting the troops or completing the mission are not the question. The question is how we should do that. We are not butchers or mass murderers we should not act as they do and we should not let our fears tell us otherwise.

Yeah, right! We expect our military personnel to represent the USA with our high ideals of freedom, democracy and due process. Yeah, right! Then we send them over seas to meet persons of differing cultures, religions and nationalities. Yeah, right! Then we act surprised when they torture and abuse those foreign nationals. Yeah, right! Democracy at gunpoint. Yeah, right!

I encourage everyone to read article 4 of the Geneva Convention. The Geneva Convention *clearly* does not apply to those imprisoned at Gitmo. It takes only basic reading comprehension skills to understand this. One could argue that those imprisoned in Gitmo fall under category A-2 of article 4, however it is clear that failure to abide by requisites A-2a, A-2b, A-2c or A-2d excludes said prisoners from protection under the convention.

Bush has singlehandedly destroyed the substantial respect and goodwill that America has earned over many years. He blathers on about his attempt to bring democracy to other parts of the world, but has no apparent clue what democracy consists of. He has made us a laughing stock of the world - a sad excuse of a man who would rather be giving uninvited back rubs to world leaders than leading a country. Sadly, there are many ordinary Americans who resemble him, including various persons responding to this blog who condone and support such fascist, anti-democratic methods. I would be willing to bet that every one of you would be (understandably) shouting bloody murder about your rights being violated if the federal government kidnapped, tortured and/or imprisoned you or your children without charges, any hearing or a right to any method to prove your innocence. The USA has no right to condone or commit such barbaric police-state techniques have. But when Bush and friends (who claim to be good Christians) use such methods against others, you are willing to shout praises in support. As for true Christianity, can you find any passage in the bible where Jesus condones such treatment of people? Can you name any great person in the history of the world who would morally condone such immoral governmental action? None I can think of, unless you consider Hitler, Mussolini, the Shah of Iran or Idi Amin to be great. And on a practical level, what do you think will happen to our soldiers and other citizens when they are captured by the friends and family members of the persons that we have kidnapped, tortured and imprisoned without proven cause or due process? Answer: They will practice what YOU preach: kidnap, torture and false imprisonment. Thus, even if you cannot accept the moral wrongness of what we are doing, consider the consequences of such actions. It's stupid, stupid and very stupid.

Iam not surprised by this article.Abuses go on everywhere in the world.I'm pretty sure in Americia some prisoner somewhere is having his rights violated.The difference is that We are better at protecting human rights than most.

Not a single named source. This story is based on a complete fabrication by the America-haters at Human Rights Watch. One thing for sure: there are no beheadings or mutilations being conducted at US facilities.