Monday, March 16, 2009

Red Cross Report Officially Documents that CIA and Military Tortured Detainees.....


Who is to be named in this report ? CIA ? Military ? The People who gave the orders ? Rummy ? Or how about the Hired Contractors ( AKA Blackwater ? ) ........and is the UN going to act on this report ? It comes out publicly on Friday......click title to read more.....

Update:::
CBS is now reporting it ....openly...I wonder if Bush or Cheney is Worried at all....they should be..I wonder if they will turn on each other...
Snippet from the CBS Story::::
(CBS) The United States engaged in acts of torture and “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” upon prisoners held at secret detention sites operated by or in conjunction with the CIA, according to details from a secret report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Such acts constitute violations of the United Nations' Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross said. The ICRC is the appointed legal guardian of the Geneva Conventions and oversees the treatment of prisoners of war.

The secret report was based on interviews conducted by representatives of the Red Cross with detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military prison in Cuba where prisoners captured during the Bush administration's war on terror have been held, many for years without charge. Prior to their arrival at Guantanamo, many have been shuttled between detention facilities in other countries, including "black sites" operated by the Central Intelligence Agency. Some sites are in countries, like Thailand, in which the use of torture has been documented by human rights organizations.

2 comments:

Annette said...

There needs to be something done. I hope now that the Red Cross has come out, maybe the UN will step forward. If they did it would take it away from here and it would stop the partisian bickering over this. O'Reilly had a piece about this yesterday, making fun of it.. so it is going to start and I am afraid it will just tear the country apart.. That's what the Prez is worried about too. I know.. I want him (Bush) prosecuted as much or more as anyone, I just am afraid as much as the retards are pushing the Prez it is going to get worse if there is a trial here against Bush and Cheney.

enigma4ever said...

Annette::
I agree with everything you said....yup...