Another Bush lie

“Troll wars?”

“Now that one's funny!”

“Wouldn't you rather have draught than canned DODGER?”

“He got the second word right.”

“It looks like the Communist Party came out to speak!”

“Communist Party?

Is that all you got, muchacha?”

“Tom the terrible is speaking. Shhh....”

“That Hillary one is great! Where do you guys find this stuff????”

“Hillary looks like she's about to be frisked!

Spread 'em, lady!”

“Put the curser over the picture and right click. Check the properties and it shows where it came from.”

“Cool, thanks Nigal. I would to get a poster sized one of Hillary.”

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“He wasn't lying. He was just kidding us a li'l bit!”

“Uh oh! Matt's getting his paddle out to whup someone's butt.

Is it just me or does Bill's nose look like a #&%!$?”

“No it's just your nose.”

“(CBS/AP) As President Bush defended the performance of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a newly-released report by the Red Cross challenges Bush administration assertions that the abusive treatment of Iraqi prisoners were isolated incidents.

For the record, U.S. military and civilian officials say they first became aware of serious accusations of prisoner abuse back in January, when they started an investigation. But the International Red Cross is telling a much different story -- saying its investigators raised the alarm months earlier, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Philips

The "bad apple theory" -- that abuse of Iraqi detainees was done by a misguided few coalition soldiers -- has been seriously challenged in the Red Cross report that has now become public. Based on its inspections at various coalition holding areas and prisons in Iraq between March and November of last year, the Red Cross says it found not isolated incidents but a "consistent pattern ... of brutal behavior' .

The now infamous images of hooded, naked, prisoners are just examples -- the Red Cross says -- of systematic 'physical and psychological coercion' that is 'tantamount to torture'.

"We are talking about the places of detention all over Iraq, in the south, in the center of Iraq, all places we visited had similar pattern of behavior and treatment -- which is not acceptable," said Roland Huguenin-Benjamin, with the agency's International Committee.

The report adds that these methods were not only used "in a systematic way," but that when its inspectors confronted coalition prison authorities and demanded an explanation, they were told the treatment was "part of the process."

The Red Cross says it presented its findings to local commanders last year and made a full report to the highest levels of Coalition Forces three months ago.

Combined with the world-wide publication and broadcast of examples of prisoner abuse -- the report has undermined the US aim of broadening international support and involving the U.N. in Iraq.

"There is a kind of moral blowback effect. Who wants to be associated with an actor -- be it an army or a state-- that allows this kind of thing to go on in its prisons,'' says political and military analyst Michael McGinty.





The report adds that these methods were not only used "in a systematic way (Bush Policy)," but that when its inspectors confronted coalition prison authorities and demanded an explanation, they were told the treatment was "part of the process." (Bush Policy)”