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Mail Call: Rumsfeld Under Fire.(Letter to the Editor)

Newsweek International

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Responding to our May 17 cover story, readers blamed Donald Rumsfeld for the Abu Ghraib abuses. "A clueless president and an irresponsible Defense secretary did not respect the law and gave orders that led to torture," wrote one. "America lost whatever good will it still had," lamented another.

Abu Ghraib's Shocking Images

The degrading and humiliating treatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib Prison is beyond comprehension ("Is He to Blame?" May 17). Because of this mistreatment and abuse, the Bush administration has lost most of the good will it still had left in many countries around the world. To save the stature of the United States in moral issues, ...

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