Verbatim: May 17, 2004

"I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families." PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, recounting a conversation he had with Jordan's King Abdullah II about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers

"This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation ... You ever heard of a need to blow some steam off?" RUSH LIMBAUGH, radio talk-show host, on the behavior of the U.S. soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners

"This attack was supposed to be the last one; they wanted to finish us all." ABDULLAHI ABDULLAHI, a...

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