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monitors coverage for timeliness and the ombudsman welcomes comments from and can be contacted by email at of buds , or by phone at european and Pacific stars and stripes 2007 stars and stripes web site letters to the editor interrogator chose torture i am writing concerning the comments of Tony Magouranis in i tortured peo ple Washington Post june 5 stars and As an interrogator deployed to Iraq Dur ing the same i am astonished at the tactics Magouranis claimed he used in order to collect information at Abu go by May of the information about abuses at Abu Gharib surfaced and changed the Way All facilities in the the Ater were though most army interrogators were not participating in torturing people at that detention facility managers throughout Iraq were subject to thorough inspections by american and iraqi author this May have affected the detention process As strict time limits for holding detainees were along with Clear guidelines about the treatment of detainees inside and outside of the where there was any doubt about the leaders at the facilities i worked at chose humane treatment As a and interrogators obtained information on employing the use of approaches we Learned at fort we had numerous authorities looking to see if we were putting leashes on naked and we had no hidden rooms for tortured it was Magouranis Choice to use torture As a method of obtaining and he must have known that torture would re sult in false As we now see in the iraqi police his state ments to reporters reveal his self loathing that was surely present before Magouranis joined the his Book is an attempt at financially profiting from the atrocities he claims he there were Many interrogators not using torture throughout the same time finding that there were numerous ways to get a Detainee to talk that did not involve degradation or Stacey Cothren Camp Iraq problems Petty by comparison army and air Force Exchange service Gas prices too High people speaking Ger Man in the commissary lettuce costs a Pound boo Hoo you there Are soldiers fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan right people seriously need to find real problems to write about instead of Boring everyone with their Petty Michael Jurick Baghdad medics Are extraordinary gis what is the definition of a hero most of us consider them to be larger Hanife individuals who Are faster and stronger than Mere mortal but they Are often they Are simply those who Are thrown in extraordinary in my while some doonesbury Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Send your letters to mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apoate 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email times hailed As Are asked to do just but these Are not Ordinary these Are extraordinary soldiers trained to handle situations that would make other men those who choose to be while differing in skill and physical All answer the Call when they Are needed on the it simply takes a different kind of sol Dier to run Forward after an explosion and go first into the most people avoid gruesome while medics keep working while seeing All medics deserve credit for All those who Are still alive in the country who should have fallen in some Godforsaken Corner of the Carlo Longoria Camp Iraq moving Watermelon seed i got quite a Surprise the other Day when i sat Down to a delicious Chow Hall break fast at Camp i dont ask much when it comes to breakfast some maybe even some in not i do re quire it to be i had grabbed some Watermelon and was Down to my last piece and by some stroke of Luck i just happened to Cut it in i admit i had just pulled another but ill never be so tired that i look Down and expect to see a squirming Watermelon because even on no sleep i know that Watermelon seeds do not have motor i didst major in entomology but in going to go out on a Linb and Call it a i took the uneaten fruit to the nearest Abr employee working in the Chow told him the and enjoyed watching him turn Pale As he of my its As a word of if youre going to eat at Camp fal Lujah or any other Chow Hall for that Check your or you might end up eating something that not on the Travis Raymond Camp Al Iraq minority religions slighted i do not appreciate the comments in religious minority whining May 20 in which the writer argues based on Chris Tian fundamentalist ideas that because people of minority religions have few areas of interest with views Are i would like to see More minority Reli Gions not just in stars and stripes but in chaplains and coherent de sense department regulations that give More support to these the main tenets of Faith i follow include five simple ideas to know or gain knowl Edge and Wisdom to dare Challenge what is morally wrong and do your part to fix it to will temper and control your intent and become aware of your hidden intents subconscious and control them to reveal share the Wisdom you gained with others and to keep silent some mysteries about people should stay that some things done through religion Are personal or May conflict with someones some May not understand or do not want to As religious minorities Whin ing shows i am i would enjoy a column dedicated to minority and ads from age suppliers that ship to stars and stripes i know pagans and others deserve a column that pertains to i dare you to add a i can keep silent if you generalize it for minority and the Winner is a Good Kevin Smith Camp Iraq writer showed anti Pagan Bias this is in response to the writer of the june 18 letter pagans dont belong in i just want to say thanks for yet again showing what Type of people those of us with different faiths other than the majority have to Deal even when in combat zones and your Igno rant and biased views regarding a military Chapel that is for use of All not just the ones you happen to agree is yet another shining example of How some views have not changed regardless of the outstanding men and women in uniform i have been honoured to serve with who based their opinions on the Quality and dig nity of the person and not on their initial re action to How that person sought spiritual obviously you have not had the same pleasure As ill assume you have never worn a never had to go on a con Voy knowing that the soldiers on your left and right would die to protect you and you would do the same for i can Tell you from personal experience that the Worth of a Soldier is not based on belief system but on the Quality of their charac maybe you should do a Little soul searching and open your mind a Little be fore you Start judging Noah Cormany South Korea by Garry Trudeau so Hows your mow about taking your i Pont language
