Wednesday, May 05, 2004


Yahoo! News - Bush Promises Justice After Iraq Abuse
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) sought to repair America's image among Iraqis on Wednesday by making a personal pledge on Arab television that soldiers who murdered and abused Iraqi prisoners would be punished.

A week after pictures were published of grinning soldiers abusing naked Iraqis at a prison once used by Saddam Hussein's torturers, the U.S. army revealed that 25 prisoners have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in U.S. custody, including two Iraqi prisoners murdered by Americans and one ruled a justifiable homicide.

Last week's pictures sparked worldwide outrage and a hasty damage-control exercise in Washington, where official inquiries into the allegations began in January.

I just realized I hadn't blogged anything about this. I guess nothing fazes me anymore when it comes to this war.