It is also merely a slight escalation of what prisoners within the United States must endure, as regular procedures. Handcuffs and chains are fairly standard procedure, even for those who are not convicted of any crime but are merely accused.

Those who have been subjected to public body searches, including many women, already know that humiliation is also often standard practice for “Law” enforcement personnel.

Eyewitness accounts of treatment of prisoners in Iraq and in Guantánamo show that degradation, humiliation and torture are all too commonplace.

While it remains the duty of American citizens to restore the principles of the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, it remains the responsibility of other nations to hold the government of the United States accountable to the principles of International Law.

The treatment of prisoners of war is covered by the Geneva Conventions and although the Bush Regime has excluded the United States from the authority of the International Criminal Court, there can be no exclusion from the Geneva Conventions.

Those who have been caught on film committing war crimes must be brought before a fair and impartial court. Those responsible for unleashing such demented individuals upon the Iraqi people must also be brought to Justice.

The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq is entirely illegal and in flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions.

While American citizens, Iraqis and world leaders ponder their options, they may remember:
“Silence is Consent”

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