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Christian Evangelical General Linked To Abuse Scandal

HeadlineMay 12, 2004

It was also revealed that Lt. Gen. William Boykin is linked to the scandal. Boykin is the U.S. general who is under investigation for making anti-Islamic remarks last year. Senators learned on Tuesday Boykin briefed a top Pentagon civilian official last summer on ways military interrogators could get more intelligence out of prisoners. Boykin is an evangelical Christian who often discusses the war on terror in terms of a holy war. Once while he was discussing a battle in Somalia against a Muslim warlord, Boykin told a crowd “I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.” He told another audience that the enemy in the war on terror is “a guy named Satan.” And at least once he said of President Bush “He’s in the White House because God put him there.” The editor of Middle East Report, Chris Toensing told Reuters, Boykin’s involvement in the prison ” will be taken as proof that what happened at Abu Ghraib is evidence of a broader culture of dehumanizing Arabs and Muslims, based on the American understanding of the innate superiority of Christendom.”

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