But they are right. That is where the US is supposed to be, given what the world now knows about its policies.
Of course they will probably bully Canada into removing it. Hopefully they are able to stand firm. On Jan 19, 2008 11:19 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saw this in today's Washingtonpost: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011802076.html > > Canada Manual: US Prisoners Face Torture > By ROB GILLIES > The Associated Press > Saturday, January 19, 2008; 12:02 AM > > TORONTO -- A training manual for Canadian diplomats lists the United States > as a country where prisoners risk torture and abuse, citing interrogation > techniques such as stripping prisoners, blindfolding and sleep deprivation. > > The Foreign Affairs Department document, released Friday, singled out the > U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay. It also names Israel, Afghanistan, > China, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Syria as places where inmates > could face torture. > > The listing drew a sharp response from the U.S., a key NATO ally and trading > partner, which asked to removed from the manual. > > "We find it to be offensive for us to be on the same list with countries like > Iran and China. Quite frankly it's absurd," U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins > told The Associated Press. "For us to be on a list like that is just > ridiculous." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
