Really Gel, care to site a single conviction of organized, approved torture?
Approved as in, this policy has gone up the chain of command, has signatures, and does not violate the rules of land warfare. Gel, one, come one man. -----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: FW: Canada Manual: US Prisoners Face Torture 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/AR2008011802 076.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:251498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
