lennart
11-07-03, 21:11
Iraq's Most Feared Prison Open Again
7/11/03
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (AP) - Khayriyat Taaban squatted to rest in the blistering sun, her head-to-toe black abaya billowing in the furnace-like wind. Every day, she's been making the long walk to look for her son at Abu Ghraib, Saddam Hussein's most notorious prison.
The prison - which under Saddam was dreaded for its torture chambers and mass executions - is open again, now run by Iraq's American occupiers. And Iraqis still fear it.
The Americans, who have tried but in many cases failed to convince Iraqis that they are liberators, say they're unhappy about reopening the prison, but had no choice. Apparently recognizing the public relations problem, the Americans replaced a Saddam portrait at the prison with a big sign in English and Arabic: "America is a friend of all Iraqi people."
http://hometab.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=98&eeid=3909341&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&channel=news&_lid=150&_lnm=home+newsCenter+TopHeadlines
Zijn die Amerikanen nu echt zo dom ?
Is Auswitch na de Tweede Wereld oorlog ook heropend?
7/11/03
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (AP) - Khayriyat Taaban squatted to rest in the blistering sun, her head-to-toe black abaya billowing in the furnace-like wind. Every day, she's been making the long walk to look for her son at Abu Ghraib, Saddam Hussein's most notorious prison.
The prison - which under Saddam was dreaded for its torture chambers and mass executions - is open again, now run by Iraq's American occupiers. And Iraqis still fear it.
The Americans, who have tried but in many cases failed to convince Iraqis that they are liberators, say they're unhappy about reopening the prison, but had no choice. Apparently recognizing the public relations problem, the Americans replaced a Saddam portrait at the prison with a big sign in English and Arabic: "America is a friend of all Iraqi people."
http://hometab.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=98&eeid=3909341&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&channel=news&_lid=150&_lnm=home+newsCenter+TopHeadlines
Zijn die Amerikanen nu echt zo dom ?
Is Auswitch na de Tweede Wereld oorlog ook heropend?