My Experience with Religious Bigotry, Antisemitism: 05/01/2004

Friday, May 28, 2004

A Tribute to Aaron :)

I put this together when he presented it.

Tonight in Aaron's e-mail he stated, "The rooster is always ready. " Then at the top of the segment Aaron stated how he loves this time of the show. That statement never made the transcript.

The 'enhanced' edition of Morning Papers was some time ago with a crowing Rooster and a statement of how much he loves the critique he delivers. Also there was a great deal of compassion during this news hour and I included it here. That enthusiasm for the material presented during the show was repeated tonight ( June 8, 2005 ) when Aaron mentioned the failing president's polls as noted in the Washington Times.

My point to this is that Aaron is a great anchor demonstrating over time a consistent pattern of reporting people can count on when he is left to his own whiles and FAIRNESS.

The segment then:

(ROOSTER CROWING) BROWN: OK, time to collect morning papers from around the country, around the world. Lots of good ones today. Do I say that every night? Sometimes I do and I don't mean it. I love this. It just tells you so much about Miami. "The Miami Herald,"
two top stories speak to the cosmopolitan nature of the city.

"Venezuela Owns Stake in Ballots."

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/front/8780409.htm?1c

The Venezuelan government has a 28 percent ownership in the company that will help voting results in future elections. I'm sure that makes everyone feel comfortable. And they also put the flooding in the Dominican and Haiti on the front page.

"Devastated Town Can't Get Flood Aid" is "The Miami Herald."

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8780343.htm

DURING THE PROGRAM
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Aaron from the Dominican Republic. In fact the government is planning an air assault of sorts tomorrow dropping disinfectant from the air over one of the hardest hit areas. And, in Haiti, one small village is under 10 feet of water.

From New York this is NEWSNIGHT.(COMMERCIAL BREAK)BROWN: On the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic a reminder that not all disasters are manmade and that while nature's motives may be neutral that doesn't lessen the damage.Fierce rains over the weekend led to major flooding which led to mudslides and now whole towns, whole families have been wiped out. More than 500 people are known to have died. Thousands more are missing, the death toll expected to rise.CNN's Susan Candiotti is in the Dominican tonight.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Days after Sunday's violent storm bodies are still being recovered from a lake, swept into the water when currents carried away entire homes with sleeping families inside.Dominican Republican President Hipolito Mejia flew to the hardest hit town of (unintelligible) to see the destruction firsthand. The U.S. ambassador also on hand.HANS HERTELL, U.S. AMBASSADOR: We've been told that some places like over 200 homes were just literally washed away near that water tower. Boats out by a lake recovering some of these bodies and it's pretty grim.CANDIOTTI: In town, despair and disbelief."It's been four days" this woman says "and it doesn't look like my country."Mud fills homes that defied the storm and for some meager belongings that were inside appear unrecoverable. In other cases, household goods are now cluttering the streets.This man says people here have lost everything.Parts of roads remain under water or damaged further isolating villages. Power is out. There is damage to crops, much of it sugar cane, and livestock has been lost. Immediate concerns remain drinking water, food, clothing and shelter. Up to 15,000 people are believed to be homeless.(END VIDEOTAPE)CANDIOTTI: And to prevent a possible onset of disease from decomposing bodies that already have been buried, the government is planning to drop disinfectant from government airplanes tomorrow. It almost sounds like something out of a movie script.And an equally troubling situation in neighboring Haiti where a small town called (unintelligible) about 30 miles out of the capital of Port-au-Prince that town is said to be under more than ten feet of water. A U.S.-led international force is continuing to bring relief there but to make matters worse forecasters, Aaron, are predicting more rain in the next few days.BROWN: Susan, thank you, Susan Candiotti in the Dominican Republic tonight. My goodness.Coming up on NEWSNIGHT still the former archbishop of Boston gets called to Rome. Some feel such a reward is not in order.From New York this is NEWSNIGHT.
I should actually say that to the end, since it's the Chicago paper, shouldn't I? That's how we do this every night."The Santa Rosa News" in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. – A New York Times paper

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/24grads.html

Community Garden
http://www.celebratecommunity.org/features/news/23volunteer_b5b05_empcityb.cfm

The Devastating Floods
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/international/americas/28CARI.html?ex=1085803200&en=a9ed79bc70d96bf6&ei=5030&partner=PRESSDEMO

Kerry Policies
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/politics/campaign/28KERR.html?ex=1085803200&en=a8ec43187c4ca1c4&ei=5030&partner=PRESSDEMO

They have helped me out by putting that on the front page. It is just graduation. And that's why I liked it. The kids in Santa Rosa are graduating. And that should be front-page news. It's not everywhere, but it's nice to see it here."The Cincinnati Enquirer" leads local also. Actually, almost the whole front page is local.

"City Cancels 'Cops' After Two Days."

The show
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/05/25/cops.html

The cancellation
http://www.enquirer.com/midday/05/05282004_News_mday_cops.html

That's the TV shows that's on one of those other networks. "Infighting at City Hall Leaves Streicher" -- that's Tommy Streicher, the police chief -- Tom Streicher -- "To Halt Filming." That's lead in Cincinnati. Also this weekend, it is the taste of Cincinnati. I love those things when all the restaurants come out in Cincinnati. It is like 1,000 different kinds of chili over noodles and with -- you know, the Cincinnati chili.

"The Detroit News," good front-page story there, too.
"Michigan Abortion Ban Revived. Voters Petitions OKed That Will Let Lawmakers Bypass Granholm." She's the governor, vetoed the partial-birth abortion ban.

http://www.enquirer.com/midday/05/05282004_News_mday_cops.html

They also put sports on the front page. Game four can seal it up for the Pistons. That would be the Detroit Pistons.

http://www.detnews.com/2004/pistons/0405/28/index.htm
I like this story in "The Detroit Free Press."
"U.M.'s" -- University of Michigan's -- "Next Class Looks Whiter. Why Is Debated."

http://www.freep.com/news/education/um28_20040528.htm

That's a very good story. We should look at that. "Chicago Sun-Times," just the headline.
"Alderman Tricked By Her Gang Lover." You just can't get a better headline than that.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/edits27.html

ALSO WAL-MART DEBATE
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-wal27.html

The weather in Chicago tomorrow, please...(CHIMES)BROWN: Thank you, "Chirpy." How appropriate. INDEED.

Thursday, May 20, 2004

I was never capable of 'discrediting composition' until I was attacked by a bigot.

This is all very bizarre. I think I apologize to myself for having to be put through this. What the heck?

The Neglect of Oil, Gas and Coal Companies to work with the American public in finding answers that would keep us out of war while providing the energy this nation needs.

Sharon likes this commercial the best, so we give it special status in our hearts I am sure. I am confident every Sharon finds important belongs in everyone of our hearts endeared forever to our value system. Kerr-McGee Sharon “RED HOT’ von Zwieten has it in for Earth. Her limited view of life belief dictates if you hit your knees in worship to God everything will be fine but only if your Christian soul is lily white. She got the lily part right because we are in the sixth extinction. Unlike Red Hot von Zwieten, we are stewards of this planet and it is up to us to define limits to the extent Earth can provide for us. Over population, consumerism that provides high levels of carbon dioxide is destroying the very planet we live on. Kerr-Mc Gee does nothing to prevent Global Warming resulting in sudden climate change and human death. Sharon “The RED HOT MOMMA” of NewsNight knows along with ‘Her Deepness” that protecting the oceans is important. What they won’t tell you is that exploiting them for oil isn’t the way to protect them.

Exxonmobile is attempting a campaign with empty images, a steamy tea kettle for one. I guess the folks at Exxonmobile have met Sharon “The Steamy Sex Pot Kettle” von Zwieten herself. See, Sharon, you are in inspiration to all those exploitive. Exxonmobile would like to have us believe the steam that is put into the troposphere by Greenhouse Gases somehow is magically recycled into a benign form. The ‘CYCLE” is right, isn’t Sharon. I mean you would know about cycles right BABY? The rotation of the steam certainly reminds me of a vortex system that moves the heat from the tropics to the arctic to returns that cooled air back to the lower latitudes in the form of deadly and furious weather patterns known as climate change. NOW, the latest commercial that is Sharon’s passion was aided with inspirational guidance for Exxonmobile has the “GOLDEN BRAIN” that thinks magical thoughts about oil and energy. It is an amazing commercial. I thought at first it was promoting MRIs. Magical thoughts that help both Exxonmobile and Sharon “The Golden Brain Drain Queen of NewsNight” to come up with more images of nonsense than any company I have ever seen.

Before we continue, think about it. There have been some ridiculous commercial campaigns recently but none like that of the Bush/Cheney cronies. These oil companies have no excuse for their negligence of the need of this country. They are Anti-American and Pro-Arab. We are in Iraq because of people who extract oil like Halliburton currently enjoying over $20 billion in revenue from Iraq alone. Most of that money has come from the US Treasury in Reconstruction costs, etc. NO HALLIBURTON, WE DO NOT BELIEVE YOU PROVIDE A VITAL, NECESSARY AND VALUABLE SERVICE.

The other commercial Sharon “THE CONFUSED” von Zwieten would have us believe is a valid one is the Exxonmobile ad stating they have been exploiting the Earth for one hundred years and now they are moving into better exploitation of ‘advanced fuels.’ That’s right, Sharon, 100 years of profit taking without giving back to society any form of answer to the quickly dwindling oil supply, energy hungry societies that have no choice but to use energy that also destroys the very biotic environment necessary for us all to survive. Even babies, Sharon, even the newest of generations need a planet to survive and what is your answer? Burn, BABY, burn. One has to wonder how close to the devil she is. Of is it a she-devil she is? More ‘BABY DOLLS’ but none from Victoria Secrets on television, right Sharon?

See, Sharon’s Christian orientation in life dictates “Tease ‘em, but, don’t every please ‘em.” It is a wonder how they procreate? Maybe the Religious Right doesn’t because they end up with entities in society named Eric Rudolph.

Conico-Phillips and their ‘images’ while ‘elevating.’ Right. Sharon ‘ELEVATED TO OIL QUEEN’ von Zwieten that causes me pause to realize images in this manner is truly a manipulation of the mind. You like playing with peoples’ minds, Sharon? I do believe based on past performances on NewsNight context you do. There is no message to this commercial by Conico-Phillips except to try and relay a role of high goals in benevolence when they have never done a benevolent thing to this planet. EVER!!

Then there is the schizophrenic reality of Sharon ‘BEYOND IMAGINATION’ von Zwieten. It is beyond any imagination what BP (Beyond Petroleum) is doing in this commercial to promote alternative energy and fuel. BP seems to exploitation what is left of any natural resources left on the planet but also the exploitation of people captured under the guise of ‘This fantasy NEED’ to state. It goes something like this. ‘Yeah, oil is a necessary evil, but, hey, what am I supposed to do about it?” Good question. But, Sharon has no answer except to say BP is working on it. How long are they going to work on it Baby? Forever? Or just until the lives in the oceans are dead and we are unable to live with the heat of the sun? When will Sharon grow up enough to take responsibility for her actions?

There are good alternatives. Recycled Corn into fuels. Imagine an Illinois, Indian or Iowa corn field completely harvested for the nations fuel needs? Not only that but in those same fields rather than ‘striking it rich’ which is something you completely understand, huh, Sharry Baby, with oil derricks there are row after row of giant windmills maintained all year round for that same farmers income. Guaranteed income, Sharon.

Have you ever seen the sun harnessed for energy Ms. Von Zwieten? Take a trip. I am sure you love to travel. Go to the desert east of the southern Rockies in California. There is a huge solar collection field. It is impressive. It actually looks like there is a miniature sun suspended in mid-air above the solar panels. The interesting thing about solar panels is that is that once the sunlight hits them there is shade behind them and Earth stays cool. How about that. I bet at night time there is actually ‘collectable due’ that forms under those panels. If the coolness persists during the day it could be a watershed if it were on higher ground. How about that?

So, Sharon, you like to fight than switch? That’s obvious. Christian Republican philosophy seems to dictate confrontation and conflict rather than peace and benevolence. And you think you are competent to be parents? Think again. You can’t even keep Earth healthy long enough, nor keep species alive long enough for children to appreciate. That’s right Sharon, you ARE the problem. We all know it. You keep trying to manipulate your way around it and everyone knows that as well. You’ll scream how lousy it is to have to PUT UP WITH people like me. So now. I get to say how lousy it is to put up with people like you; while break the law but keep their licenses anyway.

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. BUT, I BET YOUR LOOKING GLASS IS PERFECT, ISN’T IT, SLEEPING BEAUTY?

If it weren’t for Aaron, you wouldn’t have any worthwhile moments on NewsNight. Jerk! You know there is nothing worse than a woman that makes a bad name for other women! You and Karl Rove and Michael Powell should be very happy together. No one here is maladjusted, Sharry, except for all of you!

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

The ACLU Statement

For a while there was a protest made on the New York Times Message Boards. This was part of it. The rest of it to follow.

ACLU statement

What needs to happen here is for the ACLU to take a stand about equity of all kinds. In the years 2002 and 2003 the current administration used the media to promote an illegal war. Since that time, others who are profiting from the influence of this administration and its extreme right leanings such as the ‘faith based’ initiatives have promoted religious bigotry, segregation and racism. I firmly believe there is a profound hatred by Bush and his administration for any religion of the world except White Evangelical Christianity.

Organizations such as the ACLU need to examine the use of public access including public airways, both radio and television including where there are religious stations regardless the denomination or those that advocate religious preference in their broadcasting. The bias demonstrated by this administration and it’s subsequent supporters who are supposed to be neutral in a country whereby there is a separation by design of church and state need to offer ‘equal time’ to other belief systems when accessing the public openly.

Currently there is no way for other faiths or beliefs to have access to the same audiences where intolerance is being preached. Not long ago this would have been unthinkable, but, the Government Faith Based monies open the concept of organized political operatives to churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. There is no way to know if the monies are being distributed equally OR if the social ‘good’ of the country is being served. In actuality, government is now funding ‘political action committees’ that serve the incumbent president. We know for a fact the churches of the country have become more interested in promoting voting and ‘swaying’ their parishioners to vote in favor of this administration in fear of losing their new found dollars.

Religion is a personal preference and not government dictates, but the potency in the electorate has become so profound that the media that least interests the public through paid cable networks now panders to that population and is promoting wars without cause to hold their viewership. This is an outrage and spawned by the ‘sick’ little man in the Oval Office who can’t even support the military he currently has engaged in an illegal war instigated by the same stations assisting with promotion of more of the same.

Sunday, May 16, 2004

The Incidious Nature of Sharon's Plans to overwhelm Election Outcomes

Came one evening when she openly invited fraud to become a part of the newsprint of any paper that cared to be advertised as part of "The Morning Papers" Segement. She was influence peddleing. I began to keep a 'watch list' to alert others that indeed they are participating in the fraud she invited. Evidently, the Democrats were too much of a 'threat' to the agenda the Neocons have mapped out.

This was a list I started, after a time it became easy to spot any fraud. To prove how unsuccessful Sharon's Campaign for fraud was the current participants are far, far few than listed here. At one time it was a wide array of newsprint and an enjoyable segment. Now, it's all 'tilted bigotry' to serve the propaganda of the Neocons who favor war over peace.

San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/

Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/

Boston Herald
http://news.bostonherald.com/

The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/

The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The Press of Atlantic City

Detroit Free Press

Washington Times

Oregonian

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Times Herald Record

Times of London

Dallas Morning News

Richmond Times Dispatch

San Antonio Press

Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Washington Times

Amelia Bulletin Monitor

Sun Sentinel

Chicago Sun Times

The Guardian

The China Daily

The Detroit News

International Herald Tribune

The South Bend Tribune

The Miami Herald

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Chattanooga Sun Times

Philadelphia Daily News

The Birmingham News

San Antonio Express News

St. Paul Dispatch

Washington Daily News – The Voice of the Pamlico

The Herald Sun – Raleigh, Durham, Reasearch Triangle

The New Zealand Herald

The News Print still remaining as a part of this segment from the above list are:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Boston Herald

Detroit Free Press

Washington Times

Oregonian

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Times Herald Record

Times of London

Dallas Morning News

Richmond Times Dispatch

San Antonio Press

Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Guardian

The Detroit News

The International Herald Tribune

The Miami Herald

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Chattanooga Sun Times

San Antonio Express News

ODD THOUGH. I never monitored The Christian Science Monitor because I never considered and still don't consider them legitimate newsprint. Even when they were the ONLY reporters within Najaf when all the conflict was being stirred up by Bush over al Sadr, their reporting was discriminatory in favor to White Neocons. They reported 'the fighters' of Najaf as unsophisticated and the people that backed them did so out of loyalty. You know when you consider the level of unsophisticated fighters loyal to 'al Sadr' one would expect the USA to stop their assault realizing any further combat would be nothing more than a slaughter. But, it was like the reporters from The Chrisitan Science Monitor was giving the USA clues to the ease at which the battle could be won. None of the towns of Iraq are so well equipped they deserve the kind of wrath they receive from the USA. They are unsophisticated. Bush did this. He forced them to continue the fight because he has no 'savvy' to do otherwise. If the Sunnis weren't forced from the current government because of the unnecesssary and unsuccessful attack on Fallujah there would be far less oppostion today. Allawi is more trouble than solution. He needs to step down from Prime Minister. He allowed the attacks to proceed against his own people. He shouldn't have done that.

Saturday, May 15, 2004

Sharon von Zwieten's Propaganda - PROOF

She uses Beth Nissan to 'pull at the heart strings' but when Beth's reporting turns into Anti-War testimony it is all RE-Written.

May 4, 2004

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BROWN: Since the war began, there have been 3,000 of these flights, 40,000 patients. They haven't lost one yet.

BROWN: Quickly looking ahead to tomorrow, the beginning of a series of reports on the wounded and bringing them home from Iraq in the wake of the deadliest month in the war. Beth Nissen returned to Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, where the injured are brought. Eventually, they are flown to Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. And Nissen made the trip home with some of them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BETH NISSEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There is one scheduled almost every day from Ramstein Air Force base in Germany, a medevac flight carrying troops wounded in Iraq back to the U.S.

On this flight, 37 troops with gunshot wounds, blast fractures, serious shrapnel injuries. Two are in critical condition. One with a spinal cord injury is on a ventilator. For the nine-hour flight home, the huge cargo plane turns into a flying hospital. It is a constant struggle for the onboard medical team. Stethoscopes are useless. They can't hear heart sounds or breath sounds over the roar of the C- 141 engines.

Changes in altitude, turbulence can cause drops in blood pressure, spikes in pain. Everyone from the onboard nurses to the on- ground refuelers has the same sense of mission: get these sick and wounded soldiers and Marines back to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other U.S. hospitals for surgery, treatment, rehab, to carry on the fight to recover.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

The initial report clearly stated there were 3000 flights with 40,000 wounded. It was the first time the 'reality' of the level of disabled became known to the USA public. The reality was staggering.

This was the narrative to the Nissan Presentation. Above is the concluding statements and the ones manipulated by von Zwieten.

BROWN: In a week when we've talked a good deal about bad apples in Iraq, it is time to talk of angels. We found these angels on a clunky airplane filled from ceiling to floor with the wounded of the Iraq war. They travel from Iraq to Germany and then on to Washington, the beginnings for many of a very long road back to health.At every mile they travel, they're watched over and tended to by medics and nurses and doctors who have seen too much to be unchanged by a war that is still just a year old.

NEWSNIGHT's Beth Nissen made the journey with them this week.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BETH NISSEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thirteen hundred hours, Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. On approach, the day's medical evacuation flight from downrange, a C-141 Starlifter bringing in sick and wounded troops from Iraq.

CAPT. DAN LEGERE, MEDICAL CREW DIRECTOR: We continuously move patients out of theater. The patients that we see, most of them have trauma of one type or another from their battle injuries.

NISSEN: The war wounded, almost 20 on this flight, are all floated on to buses that will take them to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the big Army hospital nearby. The plane is immediately reconfigured for the next medevac flight to carry another set of sick and wounded troops from Landstuhl to military hospitals in the U.S. for more surgery, treatment, long-term rehab.

SMSGT. RICKY SMITH, PRIMARY LOADMASTER: These kids, they've done their job. And it is our job to make sure they get back to medical attention and get put back together, if you will.

NISSEN: Seventeen hundred hours: 37 patients loaded on to the plane for the long flight to the U.S. Their injuries are typical of those carried on medevac flights, especially in the last five weeks, gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen, legs and arms fractured in mortar blasts, eyes ruptured by shrapnel. Two patients are in critical condition, both with spinal chord injuries. One is on a ventilator. For the ground and flight crews, seeing so many so badly injured is hard, yet hardens their sense of mission.

LEGERE: A few things that you see will really tug at your heart.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just sympathize with them so much. And I just want to make sure that we do everything, everything possible for them.

NISSEN: That isn't easy on board a C-141 cargo plane, an inhospitable flying hospital. The challenges start on takeoff, especially for the critical patients.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The most dramatic thing here is when the airplane takes off and the nose pitches up, the head pitches down and kind of destabilizes things for us when that happens.

NISSEN: Changes in altitude, cabin pressure can cause drops in blood pressure. Turbulence can cause spikes in pain.

MAJ. STEVE GRIFFIN, AIRCRAFT COMMANDER: We try to watch out for it. We keep the smoothest flight that we can for our patients. It is their comfort level we're concerned about. And we try to make it as comfortable as what we can for them.

NISSEN: Things are far from comfortable for the medical flight crew. Most crew members are Air Force reservists, Air National Guard. In civilian, they are E.R. nurses, EMTs. At 30,000 feet, their work is the same, but working conditions are radically different. The light is dim. Space is cramped. Stethoscopes are useless in the roar of the C-141's engines.

TECH SGT. TIMOTHY MITZEL, MEDICAL FLIGHT CREW: We all have to wear ear plugs. We can't hear. We can't hear blood pressures. We can't hear lung sounds.

NISSEN: Crew members use monitors, use informal sign language, lean in to listen to patients. For nine hours, they work to control pain, to monitor mortar and bullet wounds.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're OK.

NISSEN: To dispense comfort.

LEGERE: The kids that we see, they've all got still that great spirit. You don't ever hear any of them complaining or whining or any of the things that you really would expect seeing the disfiguring and the severe injuries that these guys have.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK.

NISSEN: Twenty-two hundred hours: Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. Patients are off-loaded onto buses bound for Walter Reed Army Medical Center or Bethesda Naval Hospital. It is hard for the flight crew, especially the older ones, to see them go.

GRIFFIN: You don't look at them as some stranger that is on the other side of the world. You look at them as, wow, this could have been my son or my daughter.

NISSEN: There is little time for reflection. Within hours, the medevac missions go again, back to Germany, back downrange, back home with the latest casualties of war. Beth Nissen, CNN.

THE MANIPULATION

May 14, 2004

Coming up on NEWSNIGHT, the fighting in Iraq (unintelligible) of course of the casualties, Nissen returns to Landstuhl, a military hospital there where the soldiers are treated, their stories and their caregivers too.Around the world this is NEWSNIGHT.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BROWN: Every war is marked by milestones, of course, and most of them are grim. Last month was the deadliest yet in Iraq. As the Iraq insurgency spread, the American death toll spiked, and so did the medevac flights. Every time the fighting worsens, a new surge of injured soldiers arrive at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. It will be that way again in the next 24 to 36 hours in the wake of fresh battles in Najaf and Nasiriyah.

NEWSNIGHT's Beth Nissen returned to Landstuhl recently to check on the wounded and the medical heroes who treat them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BETH NISSEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The number of sick and wounded troops arriving at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is at a six-month high. In the month of April alone, more than 1,000 were medevaced here from downrange in Iraq.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're busy. We're very busy. This is the new normal. So being very busy is the new normal here.

NISSEN: Part of the new normal, a sharp increase in the number of medevaced trooped with battle injuries, from 20 percent to more than 50 percent.

LT. COL. RONALD PLACE, LANDSTUHL REGION MEDICAL CENTER: We're seeing a large increase in improvised explosive device-type wounds, fragment wounds that are just open, jagged, ragged wounds.

MAJ. JIM MILBURN, CHAPLAIN: We have seen amputees. We have seen lots of burn patients, badly burned patients.

1ST. LT. TINA HALL, POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT: Lots of broken bones. Sometimes, both legs are broken. Sometimes, one leg may be broken or they may have suffered an amputation on the other leg.

NISSEN: The surge in serious injuries reflects the escalation in fighting in Fallujah and Najaf and what seems to be a change in insurgents' attacks.

COL. RHONDA CORNUM, COMMANDER, LANDSTUHL REGION MEDICAL CENTER: Unfortunately, the enemy has recognized that our body armor is really quite good. And I think instead of aiming for the chest or torso, where they know they can't be very effective, they are probably aiming at the head and neck.

NISSEN: Many patients have head injuries, eye injuries. Shrapnel from a grenade blast damaged Corporal Joshua Carpenter's (ph) right eyeball.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Best case is I'll be back to 20/20. Worst case is, I won't be able to see.

NISSEN: Shrapnel from the same grenade blast also hit Lance Corporal Brian Carnot (ph) in the legs and chest, cut nerves in his face, sliced into his neck.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was very close to my jugular vein, they were saying. And at the time, I thought it did hit it, because I had my hand on my neck and it was squirting through my fingers.

NISSEN: Like most of the seriously injured, he has vivid flashbacks.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can remember the screaming and I remember seeing what I saw when I first opened my eyes.

NISSEN (on camera): What was that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I saw another Marine looking at his arm screaming really loud.

NISSEN (voice-over): That Marine was Lance Corporal Zack Thunecannon.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I heard a loud pop. Then I looked over to my left and I seen that my arm was dangling. I didn't think I was going to make it.

NISSEN: He made it to Landstuhl, but his lower arm was too mangled to reattach. Surgeons here had to amputate just below the elbow. It is hard for Landstuhl's corps of doctors and nurses to see so many so young with such serious injuries.

PLACE: While they are still here, while things are still fresh, typically, the reality of the situation haven't set in yet. They are so young, many of them don't really get it that they are hurt this bad.

NISSEN: It is hard for nonmedical staff, too, for the orderlies and the chaplains who meet every group of new patients bussed from medevaced flights that land at nearby Ramstein Air Force Base.(on camera): What's been the hardest for you personally?

MILBURN: Probably unplugging machines with some of the young men when they are not going to make it and to sit there with mom and dad or a wife while they pass away. That's very difficult, heart- wrenching, heart-wrenching.

THE LIE and THE OVERT PROOF of Propaganda using the very troops this network claims to uphold in dignity. It is not their dignity they are interested in. It is the ability to manpulate the reality of these troops in propagands Sharon von Zwieten holds an interest.

NISSEN: Those heart-wrenches are rare. More than 14,000 troops, the injured and the sick, have been treated at Landstuhl since the start of the war. Only eight have died here. Doctors say the high survival rate is due in large part to the patients themselves, their resilience, their dedication.

CORNUM: We have a generally young population who can tolerate an unbelievable amount of trauma and will still -- will just fight to make it.

NISSEN: For hospital staff, the mission is clear, stay ready for incoming wounded in any number with any injuries, stay ready for the next six weeks, six months, two years, the new normal. Beth Nissen, CNN, Landstuhl, Germany.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

To Review and contrast and compare:

One of the star princesses at CNN is a reporter by the name of Beth Nissan. I don’t really care her ethnicity all I know is that under the direction of Executive Producer Sharon “The Religious Zealot” von Zwieten; Ms. Nissan has turned into a propaganda Queen.

May 4, 2004

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BROWN: Since the war began, there have been 3,000 of these flights, 40,000 patients. They haven't lost one yet.

BROWN: Quickly looking ahead to tomorrow, the beginning of a series of reports on the wounded and bringing them home from Iraq in the wake of the deadliest month in the war.

May 14, 2004

NISSEN: Those heart-wrenches are rare. More than 14,000 troops, the injured and the sick, have been treated at Landstuhl since the start of the war. Only eight have died here. Doctors say the high survival rate is due in large part to the patients themselves, their resilience, their dedication.

CORNUM: We have a generally young population who can tolerate an unbelievable amount of trauma and will still -- will just fight to make it.

A desparity of 26,000 injured erased by von Zwieten in complete disrespect of the soldiers involved was proven to be true to exist a few days later in The New York Times in a Op-Ed Chart.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Sharon von Zwieten's alienating form of Propaganda - It is personality disorder dominated.

Protest of the Zwieten NewsNight

The analogy was made last night between Danny Pearl and Mr. Berg. There are a few similarities but I have a problem with the ‘lumping’ together of violent protest killings of Islamic terrorist groups. It has been mentioned by NewsNight, “Danny Pearl was murdered and what exactly was the reason for that?” There were similar analogies in other news reporting but to bring this all to one focus is a mistake. The circumstances surrounding Danny’s death was of ‘bankrupt political clout’ no different than any terrorist attack. Danny’s death took place in Pakistan where is working to ‘dialogue’ with underground militants to bring their grievances to light. He did that but not on his terms. This was some reporting at the time:
“He was in Karachi, Pakistan, working on a story about the Islamic militant underground when he was kidnapped January 23 by a group calling itself the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. Initially, his captors claimed he was an agent for the CIA, which brought quick denials from federal officials.
"Mr. Pearl is a respected journalist," Richard Boucher, a State Department spokesman, said in an interview in late January. "He has no connection with our government."
Later, his captors claimed Pearl worked for Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. His colleagues at the Journal scoffed; Pearl, they said, was a top-flight journalist, nothing more.
"This is a man who lives for three things," Paul Steiger, the Journal's managing editor, said recently. "He lives for covering stories accurately. He lives for his wife -- they have a wonderful relationship -- and he lives for his unborn child."
I BRING THIS UP AS A WILLINGNESS TO ENTER A DANGER ZONE OF PROVIDING INCENTIVE TO CONFLICT RATHER THAN IT’S RESOLVE IN IRAQ. Mr. Nic Berg is a tragic reality of what happens in Iraq when terrorist groups are able to find reason to justify their anger because of poorly run military operations. Mr. Berg is a tragic loss to his family, town and this country but it is grossly different in nature from the death of Danny Pearl.
The only commonalities between the two gentlemen was the fact they were Jewish, attempting to make a difference in a turbulent land, assassinated as a protest to The West and assassinated in a very violent and abrupt manner. There is no incentive in the Iraqi Conflict for bringing Danny into the subject nor should there ever be. It is my estimation of Danny Pearl that he would never consent to the conflict in Iraq. In recent public initiative of Danny’s Organization, his father Noah has continued Danny’s proud heritage of ‘dialogue’ without conflict.

We'll start with "The Christian Science Monitor," three good stories. "Where U.S. Goes After Abu Ghraib. As Americans Brace for More Brutal Images and Testimony on Abuse Continues, War Support Drops and Talk Of Justice Grows" -- Peter Grier the writer. Also, in the middle of the front page, "Who Were They," a look at those who have died in Iraq, a very good story, that. (THIS ARTICLE WHICH APPEARS AT THE TOP OF THE NEWSPRINT WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THIS WAS A RERUN OF NIGHTLINE’S TRIBUTE TO THE WAR DEAD. IT IS INSTEAD A STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE ‘AVERAGE’ IRAQI DEAD. IT IS A ‘COME ON’ ARTICLE.) But maybe the best story is down at the bottom.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE RESULT THE AMERICAN FORCES WERE LOOKING FOR WITH THE PRISON ISSUES. MOST OF THOSE IN THE PRISON WERE INNOCENT IRAQIS. BY HUMILIATING THEM AND KILLING SOME A RESULT OF SOCIAL COMPIANCE WAS SOUGHT. WHEN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ALONG WITH AARON BROWN AND NEWSNIGHT WANTS TO ACCLAIM SUCH ‘SHIFTS’ IN CITIZEN BEHAVIOR AS BENEFICIAL AND GOOD IT IS OCCURING BECAUSE OF THE VICTIMIZING OF THEM AND NOT BY THE DESIRED COOPERATION OF THEM. HERE AGAIN THE PROPAGANDA OF A CHRISTIAN BASED NEWSPRINT TAINTS THE REALITY IN FAVOR OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND AWAY FROM THE TRUTH.

"More Iraqis Accept Their U.S. Trained Forces. Now People Are Beginning To Understand That Iraqi Forces Are Serving The Country."
More Iraqis accept their US-trained forces
By Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BAGHDAD – Accused of being collaborators with American occupation forces, Iraqi policemen, guards, and soldiers have endured ridicule, threats, and targeted violence that have left hundreds dead over the past year.
But there are signs those hard-nosed attitudes toward the country's embattled, US-trained security forces are beginning to soften.
There is no way to tell the breadth of this apparent change in popular thinking. But some dozen security personnel in Baghdad and the flash point of Fallujah report that the views of their fellow Iraqis - tired of the continual burn of insecurity, car bombs, and kidnappings - are shifting.
I'm going to have to read that. (YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THAT AND MORE BUT BEING A BUSH SUPPORTER AND PUNDIT TO THE WAR WHY WOULDN’T YOU PROMOTE THIS AND OTHER ARTICLES THAT APPEAR AS WELL. ARTICLES TAKING THE REALITY OF THE IRAQIS WITH AN AMERICAN WAR PRESIDENT SPIN THAT ENCOURAGES CONTINUED CONFLICT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS NO RESULT IN PEACE OR END IN SIGHT. THE NEWSPRINT OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR HAS A HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL INFLAMMATORY STANDS AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. BY REMOVING THE ATROCITIES OF THE PRISON AS THE MOTIVATIONAL FORCE FOR A CHANGE IN IRAQI BEHAVIOR THE RESULT WOULD BE ‘THAT SOMETHING GOOD HAS COME OUT OF SOMETHING BAD. SO, WHY NOT REPEAT THE SAME AND ENFORCE THAT BEHAVIOR, HUH?) THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF PUNDANCY INCLUDING ARRON BROWN, NEWSNIGHT AND SHARON VON ZWIETEN ARE BIASED AND FAVOR GREATER INVOLVEMENT AND CASUALITY. That's a pretty good news story on a bad news day.

TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE SEGMENT:

"The Detroit News." "American Beheaded in Retaliation" is the lead. Down at the bottom, one of those stories that will come back to haunt, as they say. "Jobless Benefit Bill Fails. Kerry Misses Vote." The senator was out campaigning. The Democrats needed 60 votes to continue -- to pass an amendment to extend unemployment benefits. He wasn't there. He was out campaigning. I suspect we'll hear about that. AND I SUPPOSE YOU SHOULDN’T HEAR ABOUT THAT EITHER, RIGHT AARON?"The Philadelphia Inquirer" absolutely must lead this way. He's a West Chester, Pennsylvania man. "Tape Shows West Chester Man Beheaded By Captors in Iraq." Lots of different ways to headline this story. That's how "The Philadelphia Inquirer" did it. Here is how

"The Boston Herald" did it. "Prisoner Abuse, Iraq Style." That's the picture that we have all seen too much of today, or a lot of today, and a pretty good headline for a tabloid. That's a very nicely written headline there. How much time we got? None? Well, then I have to do this. "Chicago Tribune" (THE CHICAGO HAS ALWAYS STOOD IN PROTEST OF THIS SEGMENT. I THINK THEY ARE RIGHT.) -- or "Chicago Sun-Times. (THEY KINDLY INDULGE THE COMICAL AND MUCH NEEDED RELIEF OF SOME OF THE ASPECT OF THIS SEGMENT. IT IS ALSO A STATEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO THE CLIMATE WE LIVE IN. “Quickly, the weather tomorrow is, "Bring it on." (THAT BY THE WAY IS A FAVORITY NORTH CAROLINA SAYING.) And "Walter Jacobson Says, 'I Wasn't Drunk.' He's one of the famous local news anchors of all time. And if he says it, I believe him. Why not.

IN REVIEWING THE NEWSPAPERS PRESENTED ‘AFTER’ THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR IT IS EASY TO DISCERN A BETTER EQUITABLE FOCUS WITH A HEADLINE REGARDING THE CONTINUED ATROCITIES OF INNOCENT IRAQIS BUT CONTINUING WITH THE LIFE OF THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN THE LOCAL FOCUS. The Christian Science Monitor is newsprint with a specialized focus and does not take the reader to other levels of life that include local community concerns. It holds a single focus in legitimizing this Neocon Administration at all levels of authority including that of women and social ? authority ? including a favorite status of Christianity over any other faith. That is a bigoted view of the world.

The unique flavor of “Morning Papers” in that it allowed a balance to the view on the world from large news stories. It allowed the ‘all of the viewership’ to sample the focus of different local dailies. It was a worthwhile segment in ‘community’ but it is becoming a segment to bias the viewership to a religious preference that is also a political preference by this administration and Karl Rove. It is a horrible thing to have a good and trusted friend “Morning Papers” become a propaganda forum to be legitimized by the inclusion of other newsprint. I honestly believe editors of contributing papers need to rethink their involvement.

I might add the continued dominated show of Larry King Live continues with its lack of positive minority figures. The last appearing on April 21st of The contestants of “The Apprentice” and one appearance of Colin Powell during that period of time.

Paula Zahn still has not addressed women’s issues but only attempts at every turn to justify the unjustifiable Iraq Conflict while credit to her guests call it as it is regardless of her lead to allow them to do otherwise.

Friday, May 7, 2004

24 Hour News Indoctrination

24 Hours of Indoctrination
Gore Announces Acquisition of Cable TV Network
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 4, 2004
NEW ORLEANS -- An investor group headed by former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday it is launching a cable news network for young adults, buying an existing network with an eye to retooling it with "irreverent and bold" programming.
The group is buying the Newsworld International channel from Vivendi Universal Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Gore's company, INdTV Holdings, was announced Tuesday during the National Cable and Television Association convention in New Orleans.
Newsworld International is a 24-hour channel broadcasting international news produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that now has about 14 million North American households, according to the Vivendi Web site.
Gore said the network will be "an independent voice in this industry" with a primary target audience of people between 18 and 34 "who want to learn about the world in a voice they recognize and a view they recognize as their own."
"This is not going to be a liberal network, a Democratic network or a political network," Gore said at a news conference.
The programming will continue to be provided by Canadian Broadcasting Corp., officials said.
Gore will serve as chairman of the board and said he will devote most of his time to the network. Also announcing the acquisition Tuesday was Joel Hyatt, an entrepreneur and former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee who ran a failed campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio in 1994.
"Having learned from both the successes and failures of other cable networks, we are confident this is a winning concept," said Hyatt, who will serve as chief executive.
Hyatt said the programming will include traditional news formats like documentaries. But he used words like "irreverent and bold" to describe the tone of the programming, which he said will include news comedies and other "formats you haven't seen before."
He would give no specifics but added: "Our goal is not to be the 251st cable network that looks like the others."
Gore said he and Hyatt had met a lot of young, creative people "who need a venue to compete in a meritocracy of ideas."
The former vice president, who was once a newspaper reporter in Tennessee, said he was making a long-term commitment to the network. He said he is enjoying life outside politics and does not foresee running for political office again, although he would not rule it out completely.
Gore would not say how much INdTV paid for the network, which is currently carried by DirecTV, Time Warner and in some areas by Comcast.
INdTV said its acquisition was financed by equity capital firms and individual investors.

When does the public get rid of the toxic effects of the Bush White House when a continuous network news does nothing else but use a common thread in their broadcasting?

If I had to give CNN a personality it would be a Caucasian male in their mid-forties, Republican, hooked on violence and self-righteous identity with little regard for women except to produce offspring and keep her legs crossed otherwise.

When I scan the horizon for a news network that can deliver the news with a realistic view CNN falls far shorter than I ever anticipated. They are biased in every sense of the word and last night on NewsNight it put the frosting on the cake.

Thursday, May 6, 2004

Monday, May 3, 2004

Six U.S. Soldiers Face Criminal Charges for Abusing Iraqi Prisoners; American Troops Attacked Near Najaf; President Visits Michigan

Six U.S. Soldiers Face Criminal Charges for Abusing Iraqi Prisoners; American Troops Attacked Near Najaf; President Visits Michigan

Aired May 3, 2004 - 22:00 ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening again everyone.I didn't write this page tonight. It was written instead by a viewer. It is a viewer who writes me often, sometimes agreeing with what we do, often not. I've done a little bit of editing here for time but this is what he wrote.As one who supported Bush's war on terrorism and the Iraq invasion, I am very disturbed by what I see happening now. Iraqi citizens are still being tortured in Saddam's jails now by Americans. An Iraqi general, with Saddam's moustache no less, is in charge of Fallujah.Aaron, I ran cell blocks in federal prisons for over 20 years and never saw anything like this and there is no excuse for it, a complete breakdown in command and control. Is this, he writes, what we went to war for and is this what we get at the cost of hundreds of American soldiers dead?The Marines are pulled back from victory in Fallujah. This is perceived as a victory in the Arab world. Didn't Bush learn anything from Beirut and Somalia? Now we look both cruel and weak, the worst possible combination if we hope to effect change in the Arab world.And he closed this way. I vote Republican, am hawkish on foreign policy, so if someone like me is asking these questions, the administration is heading for an election problem. I don't support what I'm seeing in Iraq. I'm sure others are asking these questions. I trust you're doing well. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on page two. Take care, John. If the administration has lost John, it has lost a lot over the last few weeks and nothing in today's news is likely to win him back. The prison begins the whip and CNN's Jamie McIntyre starts us off, Jamie a headline please.

JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SR. PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Aaron, as it stands now, six soldiers have been reprimanded, six more facing criminal charges for sexually humiliating and otherwise abusing Iraqi prisoners but another investigation just underway is looking at who or what might have been the real problem.

BROWN: Jamie, thank you. We'll get to you at the top tonight.On to the war that hasn't ended and one of the other flashpoints in that war CNN's Jane Arraf with the fighting in Najaf, Jane a headline.

JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Aaron, in this holy city a drama is playing out involving U.S. forces massed here as a warning to a radical Shia leader and his armed followers and a militia that's testing the limits of what the United States will do here.

BROWN: Jane, thank you.Mississippi next and two war stories, one bitter, one sweet, CNN's Bob Franken on that tonight, Bob a headline.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Aaron, two men coming back from Mississippi to their homes -- coming back from Iraq to their homes here in Mississippi, a story about the short distance between celebration and devastation.

BROWN: Bob, thank you.And finally to Michigan, a battleground state in this election year, one the president visited again today. Our Senior White House Correspondent John King there, John the headline.

JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Aaron, the last Republican to carry this state running for president was this president's father George Bush, but Mr. Bush tonight in the Detroit suburbs where they coined the term Reagan Democrat sounding much more like Ronald Reagan, saying John Kerry is soft on defense and will raise your taxes -- Aaron.BROWN: John, thank you. We'll get back to you and the rest shortly.Also coming up on the program on this Monday night, the civilians in Iraq possibly doing uncivil work, just what is CACI and what part is it playing in the prison scandal?Angry voices in the Arab world, not surprising perhaps they're even more upset than those here in the United States.And when the rooster crows, you know what time it is, yep, morning papers, your morning papers for tomorrow, all that and more in the hour ahead.We begin tonight with a prison in Baghdad and the repercussions of what went on there. They are playing out on a number of fronts tonight, not the least of which is here at home. A half dozen investigations underway, disturbing questions being asked about who condoned what and who might have said no but did not, troubling questions too about the role of private contractors. We have several reports tonight beginning at the Pentagon and CNN's Jamie McIntyre.

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MCINTYRE (voice-over): So far, six soldiers, including some officers, have been reprimanded effectively ending their military careers and six others including some military police seen in the photos are facing court martial on criminal charges.But according to lawyers for the accused and a general who was in charge of the prison, the MPs were following orders of U.S. military intelligence officers or the civilians they hired.

BRIG. GEN. JANIS KARPINSKI, COMMANDER, 800TH MILITARY POLICE BRIG.: I don't know how they do this. I don't know how they allowed these activities to get so out of control but I do know with almost absolute confidence that they didn't wake up one day and decide to do this.

MCINTYRE: But the Nuremberg defense, "I was just following orders," is no excuse according to U.S. commanders who say the pictures are in themselves an offense.

BRIG. GEN. MARK KIMMITT, U.S. ARMY: What they were doing in those photos was absolutely wrong, deplorable, and they should be investigated and prosecuted.

MCINTYRE: Sources say some witnesses testifying before military proceedings have detailed instances in which Iraqi prisoners were forced to engage in or simulate humiliating sexual acts, including oral sex and the fact that some of the people responsible could be contract workers, not subject to military or Iraqi justice raises troubling questions of accountability according to legal experts.

ROBERT GOLDMAN, LAW PROFESSOR, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: This is very problematic. This is very problematic because when you are in a situation, particularly in an occupation situation, these people become identified with the United States.

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MCINTYRE: The Pentagon insists it began the investigation of prisoner abuse back in January, immediately after those photographs were turned in by a concerned U.S. soldier but the wider investigation taking a look at the military intelligence aspect didn't begin until ten days ago, about the same time the Pentagon learned that those photographs were going to be shown on television -- Aaron.

BROWN: Two questions. Any explanation why the military intelligence part of this didn't start until ten days ago?

MCINTYRE: No, except that what we can gather is that this came up in the defense offered by some of the accused who have already gone through preliminary hearings and are facing court martial. It's not clear why they haven't focused on that until now and, up until this point, no military intelligence people have been identified as suspects or accused of any wrongdoing.

BROWN: Is there -- just a second question here. Is there any indication that this sort of activity, that this problem extends beyond Iraq and into Afghanistan where there are also many detainees being held at Bagram?

MCINTYRE: Well, of course, if you take the statements of the Pentagon at face value, they say there's no evidence of any widespread problem but, of course, they didn't seem to know about this problem before it happened.And we are aware of the deaths of detainees and complaints of abuse in Afghanistan, as well as other places in Iraq and presumably those incidents, which are under investigation, will get a more serious look given the context of what's happened here.

BROWN: Let me ask you one more thing. How shaken, if that's the right word, is it over at the Pentagon by all of this?

MCINTYRE: Oh, I think it's pretty devastating. The mood of the people I've talked to here, I mean they just feel this couldn't have been a worse thing to happen at a worse time. One military officer I talked to today just shook his head and said, "If we have any friends left in the Middle East, it's a wonder to me."

BROWN: Jamie, thank you, Jamie McIntyre at the Pentagon tonight. In his piece running in "New Yorker" magazine that came out today, Sy Hirsch quotes a veteran military investigator talking about the kind of humiliation prisoners were subject to at Abu Ghraib Prison. In the end, he says, it's counterproductive. They tell you what you want to hear, truth or no truth and, in the end, there's a price to be paid for the jailed and the jailers alike.

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BROWN (voice-over): Army Reserve General Janis Karpinski was in command of the 26 American prisons in Iraq, including the infamous Abu Ghraib.

KARPINSKI: I certainly take the responsibility for some of this, yes, because those soldiers were assigned to a company under my command. Blame, I don't think that the blame rests with me or with the 800th MP Brigade.

BROWN: That is the jailers' version and now for this jailed.Abbas (ph) was so embarrassed by his treatment in Abu Ghraib he didn't even want his face on camera. He told CNN's Ben Wedeman that Americans would put plastic cuffs on prisoners and leave them outside in the rain for hours in an effort to humiliate them. Hadar Sabar Ali (ph) says he was one of the naked men in the photographs. He even points himself out. He says they were accused of beating another prisoner, someone suspected of spying for the Americans. He claims to have been hit, hit hard but perhaps the greatest pain was not physical.He describes how their clothes were cut off and he says, "We are Muslims. We don't even go naked in front of our families but there we were naked in front of American women and men."The mother of another prisoner covers her face as she sees the photographs on television. She says, "I felt as if that could be Jesus being crucified and I thought that could be my son."General Karpinski is still proud, still fighting for her unit's honor, an honor that is quickly, perhaps inevitably fading.

KARPINSKI: And I say that because I had 3,400 soldiers, NCOs, officers working for me who were determined and proud to prove that the Army Reserve and the National Guard could do this against sometimes seemingly insurmountable odds and I was the champion for their cause. I was their commander and they told me that and they were proud of me. And to take it away over something that is ill placed and misdirected then I think that that's a travesty.

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BROWN: The general has more to say on all of this and you can see the entire interview with her tomorrow morning on "AMERICAN MORNING" starting at 7:00 Eastern time here on CNN.Meantime the war goes on. An American soldier died today in a shootout south of Baghdad, a Marine was killed near Fallujah, bringing the number of fatalities due to enemy action to 554 of the more than 700 Americans who have died since the war began.And, in Najaf, troops endured a withering mortar attack only to stop short of answering in kind. There are reasons for this. In Baghdad, here's CNN's Jane Arraf.

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ARRAF (voice-over): The most intense attack by Muqtada al-Sadr's militia since U.S. forces moved into this base in Najaf three weeks ago. One mortar round hit this abandoned hospital. The only occupants were the dead left in the morgue here after the Mehdi Army overran it last month.

LT. COL. PAT WHITE, 2ND BATTALION, 37TH REGIMENT: We've had about 30 mortar rounds during the attack in various locations in the city coming in at us and then, of course, everybody grabbed their AK and jumped up on the roof to fire at us as well

.ARRAF: The problem for U.S. Army soldiers in the middle of a crowded Shia city was firing back.

COL. BRAD MAY, 2ND ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT: The particular position we're in right now is the central part of the city and what you have is the holy sites essentially on either flank of us and we've been very careful to avoid contact inside the holy sites out of respect for religion.

ARRAF: The Army didn't use its artillery or attack helicopters. These two Apaches took fire from rocket-propelled grenades. The Army says they returned safely to base. U.S. military officials say firing has come from essentially all directions around this U.S. base. (on camera): They say they even pinpointed mortar rounds coming from the courtyard of a mosque in Kufa. They say they did not fire back.(voice-over): For hours, Salvadoran snipers working with the United States fired from the perimeter. The Army used only small arms and tank-mounted weapons. Workers reinforced the building housing a handful of civilian coalition officials who have stayed here under daily attack since Sadr seized Najaf and Kufa in April.

PHIL KOSNETT, COALITION PROVISION AUTHORITY: Our union is fond of saying that more American ambassadors have died in action than American generals since the end of World War II. There's more to being a modern American diplomat than conference tables and cocktail parties.

ARRAF: With the constant attack it seems unlikely coalition officials will be sitting around a conference table discussing withdrawal of militia forces anytime soon.

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ARRAF: And not to mention the challenge of fighting against an enemy that is playing by much looser rules, very tough situation for the U.S. here -- Aaron.

BROWN: How frustrated are soldiers by all of this? They're sitting there unable in effect to really defend themselves.

ARRAF: It is a really interesting situation because we have to remember these aren't just soldiers who have gone here to fight this battle. They've been here for a year and a lot of them have come from Baghdad and part of the reason they were sent here and part of the reason that they were told they wouldn't be going home, they had to stay over, is they've got a lot of experience doing it. So, they're here. They see a clear enemy. There's a certain frustration that we see when we go out with these guys about the fact that they can't really fire back as much as they'd like. They can't be as aggressive as they'd like. They do seem to understand the overall picture, which is kind of amazing given how young so many of them are but they understand but it still does seem very frustrating for them -- Aaron.

BROWN: Jane, thank you, Jane Arraf in Najaf tonight.On to Fallujah, where just a couple of weeks ago Marines were poised to invade, now they are poised to withdraw leaving Iraqi troops under Iraqi command, which in and of itself has become somewhat of a problem."Time" magazine's Paul Quinn-Judge has been reporting on that and he joins us tonight from Baghdad. It's good to see you. I want to get to Fallujah in a second. How much, as you wander around Baghdad as you talk to people, how much is the prison story playing there these days?

PAUL QUINN-JUDGE, "TIME" MAGAZINE REPORTER: I think it's only begun to play in fact. There's always been, there's been a growing impression here, a growing stereotype that the coalition forces are occupiers not liberators. That was already forming a few weeks ago. I think it's going to get more and more entrenched as we go along.Therefore, I think we're going to see a lot more anger and I think the -- I think the pictures are just going to provide the new, the new benchmark for this stereotype, this very negative stereotype that everybody who is here from the west is going to be facing, military and civilian.

BROWN: Let's move up and over to Fallujah for a bit because you were there for a bit. Did you have a sense the Marines were frustrated at the idea that they weren't going to finish what they started?

QUINN-JUDGE: They were pretty frustrated last week when the word came that they were going to pull back and that an Iraqi unit was going to take over the operations around and in the city.They had been preparing, in fact, for a major assault late last week. They were preparing for that. They thought they would probably be going in maybe early this week, maybe about now. I don't know.Essentially, their frustration was based on the feeling that sooner or later, maybe a month from now, maybe two, they would be back in the same positions preparing for the same attack on Fallujah having given their adversaries more time to prepare for them. It was already going to be a very nasty battle. They think the second time around it could be even worse.

BROWN: Were they and perhaps you surprised at the sophistication of their adversaries?

QUINN-JUDGE: I was and I think they were as well. They kept on saying this is not a bunch of local farmers trying to get something together fast. They felt the people firing on them and the base I was in was fired at a lot of the time, there was incoming every day, the people firing at them were sophisticated in military tactics. They had crisscrossing lines of machine gun fire. They had an informal but very good system of coordination and command and their intelligence was very good. The Marines felt that they were under surveillance at all times and that the other side knew as soon as they were moving.

BROWN: Were they foreigners or were they Iraqi soldiers, Republican Guard, security people, whatever?

QUINN-JUDGE: Can't tell. Where we were they were firing at us and you didn't have time to chat to them or even see their faces. Local people around the base who had had contact with the other side had described them as local people. Most Iraqis we talk to feel that the bulk of the fighting, if not all the fighting in Fallujah, is being done by small interlocking groups of local people, often organized around their mosques or their districts.

BROWN: And this issue about who is going to run the Iraqi security people that are now responsible for this, is it a settled question tonight?

QUINN-JUDGE: Settled question for whom?

BROWN: I'm -- well, has the CPA or the military decided who the general will be that will command the Iraqi troops?

QUINN-JUDGE: They're still trying to work that one out. They tried General Saleh, who was given some substantial praise over the weekend by General Conway, the commander of the Marines. They've dumped him. They're looking at a colonel or a general he's now being called, Mohammed Latif (ph). The bottom line is as of yesterday we had colleagues going into Fallujah who said there was no sign of any new unit. There was no sign of the ICDC. The only people on the streets, once you got past the U.S. and one Iraqi checkpoint, were the mujahadin. They were in control of the city. They were very bad tempered and they were expecting another fight.

BROWN: Paul, it's good to have you with us. Thank you. Be safe. Thank you.

QUINN-JUDGE: Thank you.

BROWN: This is a story that seems to prove that in a time of war, and we're in one, joy is short lived. Thomas Hamill, the Mississippi dairy farmer who was taken hostage in Iraq escaped his captors over the weekend his three week ordeal over. In his hometown there was plenty of rejoicing. But, as we said, in time of war, joy is short lived and in a town not far from Mr. Hamill's the joy quickly turned to grief.Here's CNN's Bob Franken.

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FRANKEN (voice-over): Two front page stories from Iraq in the local paper. One describes Tommy Hamill's escape from captivity and the exhilarating relief back home in Macon, Mississippi.

HAMILL: I will let you know I've spoke with my husband. He is fine. He's doing well. F

RANKEN: Less than 40 miles away in Columbus, Mississippi, the other story of another family and the knock on the door with crushing news.

JIM DAYTON, FATHER OF JEFF DAYTON: When those three sergeants came in and told me about Jeff, I mean my heart just felt like it was going to explode.

FRANKEN: Sergeant Jeff Dayton was another of the hundreds killed in Iraq his life now searingly painful memories of letters, pictures.

JIM DAYTON: I'll never get to talk to him again. I'll never get to hug him and it's just a helpless feeling.

JEREMY DAYTON, BROTHER OF JEFF DAYTON: I'm still in disbelief that it even happened. When I first found out I just, I don't know, I couldn't imagine going on.

FRANKEN: Jeff was a hero to his younger brother Jeremy. The family is trying to cope with his loss by telling the world how proud they were of him, they are of him, yet embracing the spirit of the celebration down the road.

JEREMY DAYTON: It feels good knowing that some people can get some relief.

FRANKEN: But now the first questions are registering.

JIM DAYTON: Once you lose a son, I don't know it's funny, you have to think gee this is -- you feel helpless and it's almost senseless.(END VIDEOTAPE)

FRANKEN: Two men coming home to Mississippi from Iraq, one to celebration, one to sadness, overwhelming sadness -- Aaron.

BROWN: What do we know about how Jeff Dayton died?

FRANKEN: He died in a car bombing along with seven others, so seven others who will also not be rejoining their families.

BROWN: Bob, thank you, Bob Franken in Mississippi tonight.Ahead on NEWSNIGHT on this Monday, the civilian contractors in Iraq caught up in the scandal over the photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. What was their involvement?And the repercussions in a world already inclined to think the worst about the United States in some cases. We take a break first.From New York this is NEWSNIGHT.

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BROWN: We said earlier the Iraqi prison case has many strands and this is another. Some of the responsibility may fall on non- government workers, civilian contractors working at the prison who allegedly were involved in the interrogations and may have told the MPs to soften up or loosen up the detainees in an effort to make the questioning easier and more fruitful. These workers are not subject to military justice and may not be held legally accountable by anyone. Here's CNN's Kathleen Koch.

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KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An uncle of one soldier accused in the alleged abuse says his nephew told him he tried to complain and that he was told by superior officers to follow instructions from civilians, contract workers interrogating the Iraqi prisoners.

WILLIAM LAWSON, UNCLE, SSG IVAN "CHIP" FREDERICK: They said go back down there. Do what the civilian contractors tell you to do and don't interfere with them and loosen these soldiers up for interrogation.

KOCH: Now, defense contractors CACI International has hired outside counsel to investigate its employees' actions in connection with the abuse allegations. The Arlington, Virginia based company won't say how many of its employees worked at Abu Ghraib Prison.CACI advertises for interrogators on its Web site. It says it is cooperating with the military investigations but has "received no information of any pending actions against any CACI employee's performance relating to prisoner abuse matters." Legal experts say private contractors are subject to international law but a former CIA officer insists contractors fall into a legal gray area.

ROBERT BAER, FORMER CIA OFFICER: Well, there is no accountability obviously. If it was private contractors, they don't fall under American law and they don't fall under Iraqi law.

KOCH: Industry representatives say contractors are hired because they are better and cheaper but still need supervision.

DOUG BROOKS, INTERNATIONAL PEACE OPERATIONS: Presumably the interrogators they were using were former military people themselves so they have ten or 15 years' experience in the military and then when they get out and retire, the military needs them for, you know, some of their expanded operations so they'll bring these people in but I think it's important to remember that whenever you hire a contractor they should be under the military's command.

KOCH (on camera): Senior Pentagon officials say at least two military investigations are looking into whether or not private contractors had a role in the alleged abuses. Kathleen Koch, CNN, the Pentagon.

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BROWN: Just heard briefly from William Lawson whose nephew Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick has been charged in the scandal and faces possible court martial. Mr. Lawson joins us now from (unintelligible) Maryland. It's good to see you, sir.

LAWSON: Good evening, Aaron.

BROWN: Chip is a corrections officer so he has some experience in these matters. Why did he go along with it?

LAWSON: Why did he go along with the photographs, Aaron?

BROWN: Yes, and what we see in the photographs.

LAWSON: Well, the interrogators wanted results and he did not want to physically abuse the prisoner so somehow these seven soldiers came up with the idea, and I don't know who came up with the idea, of taking photographs and using those photographs to show new prisoners that this can happen to you. Now some of those photographs are real and some of them are staged.

BROWN: When you say staged what are you saying here?

LAWSON: Well, the ones with the thumbs-up and stuff are just staged to show to the new Iraqi prisoners. The picture of the gentleman in ice, the Iraqi prisoner, he was never checked into the prison system. He was never given a number under the Geneva Convention. He was taken and given right to the interrogators who took him in and interrogated him until he had a heart attack and died. They packed him in ice, kept him until the next day, brought in a military ambulance, pulled him out of the ice, put a fake IV in his arm and brought him out of the prison as a wounded Iraqi prisoner. So, for all intents and purposes this person doesn't exist. He was killed.

BROWN: Another part of this investigation. Let's go back to the things that Chip told you. He wrote to you about some of the things that they had been -- that they had done or had been asked to do in an effort to loosen up, I think is the term he used, the Iraqis. Can you describe those things?

LAWSON: Well, there was probably things like sleep deprivation. He didn't like the idea of having them stand on boxes because he told the civilian interrogators what will they do to sleep? And the interrogators said let them stand there. Now one guy stood on a box for three days before he fell down.

BROWN: Did Chip know it was wrong?

LAWSON: Yes, he did and he also agrees that he bears a small portion of responsibility for what has happened here. He had no training in Arab customs. He had no type of training whatsoever by anybody in the chain of command on handling prisoners of war or anything else. He requested regulations. He requested a copy of the Geneva Convention. He got no help and he was told you go back down there and you get results and you do what those civilian contractors tell you and they want results and you do whatever it takes to get them.He's not the type of person to be violent with prisoners, so this was the least physical way that he could interrogate these prisoners and loosen them up for the interrogators.

BROWN: Mr. Lawson, we wish you nothing but the best. I know it's a difficult time for you. Thank you very much, sir.

LAWSON: Thank you, Aaron.

BROWN: Thank you.Coming up on the program still outrage and anger anti-American sentiment as you could imagine, the Arab world now reacting to photos shown around the world.And, around the world, this is NEWSNIGHT.

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BROWN: A U.S.-sponsored television station in Iraq has barely mentioned the prisoner abuse scandal, which hardly means that the people there don't know about it. Whether it is Iraq itself or elsewhere in the Arab world, the story plays to the worst thinking about Americans and the American occupation of Iraq. There is in the end no way to spin this. The administration and the military must simply ride it out as best it can. Here is CNN's Rula Amin.

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RULA AMIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The pictures were on almost every newscast in every Arab country. Grodielo (ph) works for a Beirut bank.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's horrible. It's horrible.

AMIN: Ayman (ph) sells eyeglasses in Amman (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I saw that, that was despicable, disgusting, unbelievable, inhuman, that shows how bad the Americans are.

AMIN: As an Arab, I was very provoked, says this business man, every Arab was. It's sheer humiliation. U.S. condemnation of any mistreatment helps little. (on camera): And not just because of the abuse, but also because the pictures of Arab men, naked, kneeling and bending on all fours, touched on a sensitive chord in the conservative religious Arab culture here. Many say it was a matter of dignity. (voice-over): ArabNet said they found some former prisoners shown in the pictures. The men said they had not told their families of the abuse, too embarrassing said one.

HAMZA MANSOUR, ISLAMIC OPPOSITION LEADER (through translator): The American administration came to protect the Iraqi citizens and restore their rights as they claim, but the hell of the previous regime seem to be better than the paradise of American administration.

AMIN: One analyst in Beirut says the pictures badly damaged U.S. efforts to sell democracy in the region.

ALI HAMIDI, BEIRUT ANALYST: These scenes perhaps of torture are not new in our region, but coming from the American, it was new.

ABDUL SALAM MALHAS, BEIRUT ANALYST: I believe that when America had the chance to show its new face, they showed it with what we have seen on the TV screens.

AMIN: Newspaper headlines read: The prisoners candle reveals the crimes of the occupation, headlines and images that give new ammunition of those opposed to the United States and its occupation in Iraq. Rula Amin, CNN, Beirut.

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BROWN: Other news tonight, an unsung survivor in the war on terrorism faced his attacker in a courtroom in New York City today. For prison guard Louis Pepe, it was justice done, even though it in no way undoes the brutality he suffered. For his attacker, a high-ranking member of al Qaeda, it was simpler, 32 years in prison.Here is CNN's Deborah Feyerick.

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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He lost 70 percent of his speech. But when jail guard Louis Pepe describes attack that almost left his dead, his words are clear.

LOUIS PEPE, VICTIM: You know how many times they hit me? I hate to say at least bam, bam, bam, bam.

FEYERICK: It happened November 2000 on the maximum security floor of Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center. Pepe was escorting al Qaeda terror suspect Mamdouh Mahmud Salim.

PEPE: You always gotta look, because you never know what they're going to do.

FEYERICK: Salim and his cell mate attacked Pepe, fighting to get the officer's keys as he struggled not to let go.

PEPE: Never, never, never, never. Even if they kill me, I'm not going to do it.

FEYERICK: Salim ultimately stabbed the officer in the eye with a comb he had sharpened into a knife. Prosecutors say Salim worked closely with Osama bin Laden, creating al Qaeda and running its training camps. Salim was in jail preparing to stand trial with four terrorists later convicted for the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa. Before the trial, Salim assaulted Pepe, he says to attack his lawyers waiting in another room and get them replaced. The guard lost his left eye and suffered brain damage.

EILEEN TROTTA, SISTER OF PEPE: He's the prisoner now, not Salim.

FEYERICK: Salim pleaded guilty to attempted murder and at his sentencing Pepe begged the judge to give him life in prison shouting at his attacker: "You're no good. I am dead. Do you understand that? I am dead."After several outbursts, Pepe was led out of court by federal marshals. Three dozen jail guards who had come to show support walked out in protest. Given a chance to speak, Salim said through an Arabic interpreter, "To cause someone to lose an eye is not something you can just apologize for." Calling the attack and appalling, Judge Deborah Batts sentenced Salim to 32 years in prison. He still faces terror conspiracy charges. No trial date has been set. Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.

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BROWN: Still to come on NEWSNIGHT, back on the campaign trail. Mr. Bush, the president makes room for Mr. Bush the candidate. A break first. This is NEWSNIGHT.

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BROWN: President Bush began a bus tour through two key swing states, Michigan and Ohio. Michigan, which is reeling from thousands of lost manufacturing jobs, was the first stop. Here is our senior White House correspondent, John King.

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JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Rolling through western Michigan, a president who knows tough times make his case for reelection a tougher sells.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Michigan lags behind. And I fully understand that. KING: Up close with voters in tiny Niles near the Indiana border, and getting help promoting his tax cuts as just the tonic the economy needed.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We were able to go ahead and make -- get a new washer and dryer.

BUSH: New washer and dryer. Somebody had to make the washer and dryer.

KING: Michigan was a major disappointment for Mr. Bush four years ago and is a major challenge now. Al Gore carried the state by five points. And during the Bush presidency, Michigan has lost 136,000 manufacturing jobs and its unemployment has rate shot up to 6.9 percent.

ED SARPOLUS, POLLSTER: Here in Michigan, we lost probably the brunt of the manufacturing jobs and we're having the slowest turnaround bringing this economy back. And also, on a regular weekly basis, we're talking about companies closing down or shipping out jobs.

KING: Launching his first full-scale campaign trip here was meant to send a message that Michigan is a major target. On the bus, interviews with local media, and, after rolling into Kalamazoo, an appeal for help and a sober assessment of the six months to come.

BUSH: I'm running against an experienced candidate. I'm not going take him lightly. He is a worthy opponent.

KING: The auto industry is bread and butter in this state, so the president tailored his theme that Democrat John Kerry changes with the wind that helps him win votes. Here in Michigan recently, the president says, Senator Kerry bragged about owning an SUV, then, on Earth Day:

BUSH: He said, I don't own an SUV. To clear up the confusion, he said this. "The family has it. I don't have it."

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BUSH: In other words, doesn't have an SUV except when he's in Michigan.

KING: Western Michigan is critical to Republicans in statewide elections.

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KING: Also critical, the suburbs just north of Detroit. It was here 20 years ago they coined the term Reagan Democrat. Tonight, Aaron, one of the biggest and enthusiastic crowds for the president in this campaign, Mr. Bush delivering some of his most spirited, pointed attacks on Senator Kerry, characterizing him as soft on defense and, again, borrowing from the Ronald Reagan playbook, saying a Kerry presidency would be a guarantee of higher taxes -- Aaron.

BROWN: What about the war? Does the war come up in any of these questions and answers with citizens?

KING: The war comes up in just about every speech. And Mr. Bush today though in public did not refer to this prison scandal unfolding, this morning we did learn he called Secretary Rumsfeld this morning and the president sent his press secretary out to tell reporters he's demanding an investigation, that those responsible be held accountable. In the speeches today, the president was most adamant in stressing sovereignty will be turned over on June 30 and in stressing what he believes the overall character and integrity of the U.S. forces in Iraq -- Aaron.

BROWN: John, thank you, our senior White House correspondent, John King. A couple quick business items before we head to break, starting with the guilty verdict against investment banker Frank Quattrone. Jurors concluded that he obstructed justice by forwarding co-workers at Credit Suisse First Boston an e-mail encouraging them to clean up their files, if you know what I mean, at the time he was aware a federal investigation into -- was getting under way into his team. Medicare discount cards became available today, but not without a heavy dose of confusing. They have the potential for saving seniors as much as 30 percent on prescription drugs, but there are lots of plans to choose from. And what is more, many seniors don't even know the program exists. The markets did OK in advance of the Federal Reserve meeting, where inflation and interest rates are expected to be on the agenda. Markets up. We'll see how they do tomorrow after the Fed. Ahead on NEWSNIGHT tonight, quite possibly the worst possible pictures at the worst possible time. Get some perspective from Jeff Greenfield after the break. This is NEWSNIGHT.

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BROWN: We began tonight talking about a note from a viewer. And another note from a different viewer fits here as well. "When looking at the prison pictures," he asked, "so what? Nothing they did compares to the mutilation of the four American contractors in Fallujah." Well, that is true, literally. Culturally, however, it is a different matter. Here is our senior analyst, Jeff Greenfield.

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JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SR. ANALYST (voice-over): It sounds like an important question. Were these the aberrant actions of a few? Yes, says the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

GEN. RICHARD MYERS, JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN: It is really a shame that just a handful can besmirch the reputation of hundreds of thousands of our soldiers.

GREENFIELD: Some press reports in "The New Yorker Magazine" and elsewhere recount a more systemic problem, a breakdown in the command structure. But, in the end, it may not matter much where it will count the most, in what these pictures say to so many in the Muslim world. We can say it quite clearly.If Osama bin Laden had Adobe Photoshop software and wished to construct the most damaging possible images, the images most designed to inflame rage, he could not have done better, given the way some in the Muslim world deal with women, sexuality and pride. Consider, this is Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the 9/11 attacks. In the last will left behind at Boston's Logan Airport, he said -- quote -- "I don't want any woman to go my grave. I don't want a pregnant woman to come and say goodbye to me." And he asked that -- quote -- "The person who will wash my body wear gloves so he won't touch my genitals.'(on camera): Consider, in March 2002, 15 girls burned to death in a middle school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. News reports said that some of the girls were prevented from escaping by the religious police, those who enforce the rigid creed of Wahhabi Islam. Why? Because they were not wearing the clothing required by religious law. (voice-over): Consider, one of most powerful voices for jihad against the west is this man, Sayyid Qutb, a writer executed in Egypt in 1966. His radicalism was born in a visit to the United States he made more than 50 years ago where he was horrified by such indecent sights as a sock hop ball and couples embracing. Now, look again at these pictures of an American woman leering and laughing as she points to the private parts of naked Iraqi men, as she chortles while these men are forced into degrading postures and acts. Every single flash point of potential rage is here, loss of privacy, loss of dignity, the forced intrusion into the most intimate private space by those cloaked with the power of the United States. (on camera): It is, of course, impossible to know whether these pictures will produce specific acts of violence against the United States or its citizens. But it is also impossible not to recognize that these images have increased the likelihood and the intensity of just such acts. Jeff Greenfield, CNN, New York.

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BROWN: We'll see how morning papers plays it all out after the break.

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BROWN: Okeydokey, let's see how much we can get done in two minutes of morning papers today, a little tight."International Herald Tribune," published by "The New York Times," leads with Iraq, I would say. It is a bunch of leads on the paper. Straight-ahead lead, though: "Anger Grows Over Iraqi Prisoners." OK.

"The Washington Times" has a good take on this. Up in the corner here, "Photos of Abuse Rock Cumberland. Hometown Loyal to Disgraced Unit." The National Guard unit at the center of this comes from the area, so that's how they led it. "President Orders Tough Punishment," the reprimands for abuse issue. There we go. I don't know. That whole reprimand thing, that doesn't sound that bad to me, but maybe it is if you're in the military.

"Banking Unused Time" is the lead in "The Chattanooga Times Free Press." "Government Workers Paid Millions For Vacation and Sick Leave," unused, presumably. That's what that means.

Three good stories on "The Nat" -- not "The National Enquirer," Aaron, my goodness.

"The Cincinnati Enquirer." My apologies to them. Church Finds No Gay Wedding Ban. Presbyterian Court Ruling Supports Minister." That's a good story. "Seven Soldiers Reprimanded Over Abuses." That's a good story. But I just find this a really interesting cultural story. "Wal- Marts Face Rising Resistance." In one community after another, Wal- Mart, where half the universe shops, doesn't seem to be that wanted. I'll do two more here.

"The Philadelphia Inquirer." The Iraq story on top, but this is the one I like. "All Hail the Conquering Hero." Stewart Elliott, fresh from Kentucky Derby, gets right back in the saddle because he races at Philadelphia Park, the racetrack in Philadelphia.

"The Boston Herald" leads good, bad and ugly, the escapee Mr. Hamill, the bad more soldiers killed, the ugly, we don't need to tell you. You know.

The weather in Chicago tomorrow, "We'll take it," according to "The Sun Times." And we'll take it.We'll wrap it up for the day in just a moment.

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BROWN: Quick programming notes.Tomorrow morning on "AMERICAN MORNING," Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who is at the center of the Iraqi prison story, with Soledad and Bill. And on NEWSNIGHT tomorrow night, with the war going through such a rough patch, Beth Nissen returned to a route that she and, more importantly, so many service men and women have traveled over the last year and more, the long road home for Americans wounded and injured in the war zone. And this has been in Landstuhl, and making her way back to tell the stories of the troops who are hurt and the people who are there to help them. These not always the easiest pieces to watch, but they are vital to see. And nobody does better work than Nissen.

That's tomorrow, along with all the other day's top news and the rest here at NEWSNIGHT.Until then, good night for all of us.

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