[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRUTH WILL PREVAIL
(Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday afternoon for
2\1/2\ hours, I met with one of our soldiers from the unit that was
assigned to the prison in Baghdad. I can tell Members that as this
story unfolds, we will continue to be vigilant in prosecuting not just
those soldiers who were involved, but those superiors who in some cases
ordered our soldiers to do the acts that they were asked to do and to
also be involved in the oversight. We will hold these individuals
responsible, and we will seek and obtain justice.
But, Mr. Speaker, I also rise to pay tribute to a neighbor of mine,
who lived less than 15 minutes from my home by the name of Nick Berg
who we just learned in the past several days was brutalized in the most
unbelievable way imaginable by those same people over in Iraq who
expect us to treat those perpetrators of crimes in the prison with
justice.
I also rise to pay tribute to Tali Hatuel, an Israeli who was gunned
down, along with her four children and her unborn child, in the most
despicable way. Truth and justice will prevail. I just wish that were
the case on both sides both with al Qaeda as well as with our own
troops.
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