Captives Told To Claim Torture

Well, we certainly couldn't see this coming, could we? The Washington Times reports that al Qaeda prisoners were coached to claim they had been tortured if they were captured.

"In a raid on an al Qaeda cell in Manchester, British authorities seized al Qaeda's most extensive manual for how to wage war. A directive lists one mission as "spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate people against the enemy."

If captured, the manual states, "At the beginning of the trial ... the brothers must insist on proving that torture was inflicted on them by state security before the judge. Complain of mistreatment while in prison." The handbook instructs commanders to make sure operatives, or "brothers," understand what to say if captured. "Prior to executing an operation, the commander should instruct his soldiers on what to say if they are captured," the document says. "He should explain that more than once in order to ensure that they have assimilated it. They should, in turn, explain it back to the commander."

It certainly helps the enemy when there is such a willing press in the United States to publicize those claims and report them as fact. Rags like Newsweek and the New York Times are more willing to believe al Qaeda detainees than they are their own countrymen. They so believe that America is in the wrong that they jump at the chance to report abuses by American servicemen on the flimsiest of evidence.

Ahmed Omar Abul Ali, accused of planning to assassinate President Bush, made an appearance in U.S. District Court and promptly told the judge that he had been tortured in Saudi Arabia, including a claim that his back had been whipped. He is accused of meeting there with a senior al Qaeda leader.

Days later, a U.S. attorney filed a court document saying physicians had examined Ali and "found no evidence of any physical mistreatment on the defendant's back or any other part of his body."

Where are Newsweek and the Times? Why don't they report the training these terrorists go through in order to fool their enemies into thinking they are the victims? Because, very simply, our MSM is not interested in showing America's enemies in a bad light. Heck, they won't even call them terrorists. They are "insurgents." Rush has it right...our press and media really believe America is the bad guy in all this. They are so quick to believe the other side because they so desperately want it to be true.

No wonder they're losing audience. Most Americans love their country, and I think are getting a little bit tired of hearing it put down day after day by the major media.