#18 Bush administration betrays Gulf War POWs
http://www.thenewamerican.com/
12-13-04 p. 8
Our government has betrayed our POWs from previous wars, why should this one be any different?
"During the [1991] Persian Gulf War, Iraq brutally tortured U.S. prisoners of war," recounted attorney John M. Moore in an 11-10-04 Washington Post column. "Hussein's secret police broke bones; shattered skulls and eardrums; and whipped, burned, shocked, beat, starved, and urinated on our POWs."
Before the current version of the war, family members of 17 POWs filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from Saddam's regime.
Well, Bush seized $1.7 billion from Saddam, but he diverted it all to the reconstruction of Iraq. They were supposed to use that money to reimburse the war costs - not to add to them!
"Even more shocking," exclaimed Moore, "the administration them intervened in court on the side of Saddam Hussein and Iraq to erase the POW's judgment from the books!"
Yet 18 months later, most of the money is still unspent, since we are not yet rebuilding Iraq (we're still knocking it down). However, $55 billion in payments have been made to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, Russia, and the UN, with money seized from Saddam's Iraq. But not a cent for our POWs.
(The direct quotes are Moor's quoted in TNA, the rest are my words based on the article).
12-13-04 p. 8
Our government has betrayed our POWs from previous wars, why should this one be any different?
"During the [1991] Persian Gulf War, Iraq brutally tortured U.S. prisoners of war," recounted attorney John M. Moore in an 11-10-04 Washington Post column. "Hussein's secret police broke bones; shattered skulls and eardrums; and whipped, burned, shocked, beat, starved, and urinated on our POWs."
Before the current version of the war, family members of 17 POWs filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from Saddam's regime.
Well, Bush seized $1.7 billion from Saddam, but he diverted it all to the reconstruction of Iraq. They were supposed to use that money to reimburse the war costs - not to add to them!
"Even more shocking," exclaimed Moore, "the administration them intervened in court on the side of Saddam Hussein and Iraq to erase the POW's judgment from the books!"
Yet 18 months later, most of the money is still unspent, since we are not yet rebuilding Iraq (we're still knocking it down). However, $55 billion in payments have been made to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, Russia, and the UN, with money seized from Saddam's Iraq. But not a cent for our POWs.
(The direct quotes are Moor's quoted in TNA, the rest are my words based on the article).
posted by T.G. at 9:26 PM
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