Israelis in Abu Ghraib?

According to Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, at least one Israeli was in Abu Ghraib when the Americans were torturing Iraqis imprisoned there:

"I saw an individual there that I hadn't had the opportunity to meet before, and I asked him what did he do there, was he an interpreter - he was clearly from the Middle East," Karpinski told British Broadcasting Corp. radio in an interview broadcast yesterday. "He said, 'Well, I do some of the interrogation here. I speak Arabic, but I'm not an Arab; I'm from Israel.'

"I was really kind of surprised by that. ... He didn't elaborate any more than to say he was working with them, and there were people from lots of different places that were involved in the operation," Karpinski added. (click here for the full article)

I'm highlighting this story because a few months back, I wrote about the National Post attacking the CBC for interviewing Eugene Bird, president the Council for the National Interest, who claimed Israelis were at Abu Ghraib (click here for my earlier article).

I felt at the time that the neo-conservative National Post was attacking the CBC for ideological reasons, which the Post disguised as defending Israel.

We now have a first person account from the officer formerly in charge of Abu Ghraib that at least one Israeli was involved in the interrogation of prisoners at the prison when the torture was taking place there.

I think what the National Post did to the CBC, the CBC reporters the National Post singled out, and Eugene Bird borders on defamation. It would appear they deserve an apology.

Wanna bet one is forthcoming? Nah, I didn't think so.