This in via
Reuters:

Five US soldiers charged with abuse:
military

Five U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been charged with abusing detainees whom
it is claimed they had punched and kicked, the U.S. military said on Monday.

“The allegations stemmed from an incident on September 7 in which three
detainees were allegedly punched and kicked by the soldiers as they were
awaiting movement to a detention facility,” the military said in a
statement.

Considering all the talk going right now about torture and Dick Cheney out
there doing all in his power to keep torture exemptions alive it is no surprise
that this happened. When you compare the stories from Abu Gharib and Guantanamo,
it shows that these techniques are some sort of uniformed policy.

Ironically this news came out a couple hours after George Bush declared the
United States does not torture:

President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the
war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw
torture.

“There’s an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt
America again,” Bush said. “So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but
we will do so under the law.”

He declared, “We do not torture.”

Story continues
here

If we do not torture then why are so many stories coming out about us
torturing our prisoners. Seems like the President has a different definition of
torture than the rest of the world. Nothing too shocking from such a dimwit.