tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post1413322902575738324..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Friday, November 05, 2010Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-2797561552205645722011-11-21T07:47:35.413-08:002011-11-21T07:47:35.413-08:00This is one of the more memorable posts I have rea...This is one of the more memorable posts I have read on this topic - in large part due to the writing style displayed here. Inasmuch as I appreciate reading informative posts, I appreciate - even more - content that is delivered in an entertaining and captivating style ... which this is! <a href="http://www.findacellphoneuser.com/" rel="nofollow">Cell Phone Lookup</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-36886517526725009192010-11-07T21:48:43.988-08:002010-11-07T21:48:43.988-08:00Excellent Blog! I really admire your thinking and ...Excellent Blog! I really admire your thinking and the way you have put these information in this post. Thanks for sharing an informative post.Dissertation topicshttp://dissertation-topics.co.uk/ThesisWriting.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-45402436616497219002010-11-05T20:55:29.719-07:002010-11-05T20:55:29.719-07:00Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strat...<a rel="nofollow">Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strategy</a><br /><br />The revelation by WikiLeaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news reports as yet another case of lack of concern by the U.S. military about detainee abuse.<br /><br />But the deeper significance of the order, which has been missed by the news media, is that it was part of a larger U.S. strategy of exploiting Shi’a sectarian hatred against Sunnis to help suppress the Sunni insurgency when Sunnis had rejected the U.S. war. <br /><br />And Gen. David Petraeus was a key figure in developing the strategy of using Shi’a and Kurdish forces to suppress Sunnis in 2004-2005.<br /><br />The strategy involved the deliberate deployment of Shi’a and Kurdish police commandos in areas of Sunni insurgency in the full knowledge that they were torturing Sunni detainees, as the reports released by WikiLeaks show.<br /><br />That strategy inflamed Sunni fears of Shi’a rule and was a major contributing factor to the rise of al-Qaeda’s influence in the Sunni areas. The escalating Sunni-Shi’a violence it produced led to the massive sectarian warfare of 2006 in Baghdad in which tens of thousands of civilians – mainly Sunnis – were killed.<br /><br />The strategy of using primarily Shi’a and Kurdish military and police commando units to suppress Sunni insurgents was adopted after a key turning point in the war in April 2004, when Civil Defense Corps units throughout the Sunni region essentially disappeared overnight during an insurgent offensive.<br /><br />Two months later, the U.S. military command issued “FRAGO [fragmentary order] 242,” which provided that no investigation of detainee abuse by Iraqis was to be conducted unless directed by the headquarters of the command, according to references to the order in the WikiLeaks documents.<br /><br />The order came immediately after Gen. Petraeus took command of the new Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I). It was a clear signal that the U.S. command expected torture of prisoners to be a central feature of Iraqi military and police operations against Sunni insurgents. <br /><br />********<br /><br />remember when thepiss and other idiots said that the Wolf Brigade was a fine and wonderful thing? Remember when Bush cheered when Iraqis (under Maliki) were slaughtering Iraqis? <br /><br />If what was done to innocent Iraqis was done to them, it would only be justice. These Americans are not innocents, they are blood suckers who enjoy seeing sadistic violence like they created in Iraq.<br /><br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />damn them to hell for their evil!Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com