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January 07, 2005

51 Days

Call it torture.

As Alberto Gonzales is grilled for his role in formulating the policies of torture for insurgents, terrorist, and fundamentalists as he strives to become the first Mexican-American Attorney General, it is important we review a few basic facts.

A group of liberal-sympathizing religious fundamentalists was trapped and tortured, and stood by and Gonzales did nothing.

You don't remember this?

For 51 days they were kept in the dark, without heat or light. Even with no physical evidence, they were repeatedly accused of:

  • abusing children;
  • selling drugs;
  • trafficking in weapons.
Flammable, potentially explosive pyrotechnic devices were used against them, and flammable CS gas containing methylene chloride sprayed into their cramped and drafty compound, with women and children present. 74 people, including 20 children, died of this torture and eventual immolation directed by U.S. soldiers wrongly used as agents of law enforcement by the U.S. Government.

Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales did nothing to stop these horrific events.

Why?

Because he was an attorney in private practice in 1993 when a Justice Department led by Janet Reno was alleged to have committed these acts, but I guess these acts don't amount to torture when administered by Democrats.

The liberal-sympathizing religious fundamentalists were of course the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas.


Makes Abu Ghraib allegations of intimidation and humiliation look pretty benign, doesn't it?

Posted by Confederate Yankee at January 7, 2005 01:16 PM
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