That was Canada. Meanwhile, in America:
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11965-7008231,00.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>US Urged To Account For "CIA Prisoners"</b>
28/02/2007 08:59 AM
Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent
Several dozen terrorism suspects believed to have been held at secret CIA prisons are still missing without trace, and the United States should reveal what has happened to them, a leading rights group said on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged President George W. Bush in an open letter to disclose the identity, fate and whereabouts of all prisoners held at secret CIA facilities since 2001.
"As you may know, the CIA's detention programme has inflicted great harm on the reputation, moral standing and integrity of the United States," HRW wrote to Bush.
('the reputation, moral standing and integrity of the United States' <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
"By revealing information about the fate and whereabouts of people formerly held in CIA custody, you could begin to repair the damage this abusive program has caused."
Secret abduction and detention of suspects has been one of the most controversial and fiercely criticised aspects of Bush's war on terrorism, with rights groups arguing such methods are illegal and frequently lead to abuse and torture.
(Come on. The US has always done this. People ought to stop pretending it's a new thing. But it's true that the US has expanded it massively now, what with outsourcing their 'interrogations' to their bases in Europe and Central Asia.)
Bush acknowledged last September that the Central Intelligence Agency had run a secret detention programme for terrorist suspects and strongly defended it, saying the intelligence gleaned had saved lives.
(See links at the bottom of this post.)
Washington said at the time that the last 14 prisoners held had been transferred to its detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and none remained in CIA custody.
But HRW said many people remained unaccounted for. In the letter to Bush, it listed 38 missing people it believed had been, or may have been, held in secret CIA prisons.
Among those on the list:
-- Hassan Ghul, a suspected al Qaeda operative whose capture in Iraq was announced by Bush in January 2004.
-- Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, a Pakistani whose arrest in Lahore in July 2004 triggered security alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington and helped Britain crack a suspected al Qaeda sleeper cell.
-- Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, a Syrian holding a Spanish passport who is wanted in Spain for possible links to the 2004 Madrid bombings. Pakistani intelligence sources told Reuters last year he had been caught and handed to the United States.
HRW said it was possible some of the missing people had been moved to foreign prisons but remained for practical purposes under CIA control.
Or they might have been transferred out of CIA custody to countries where "the torture of terrorism suspects is common", it said, citing Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Syria.
"If they are being held in proxy detention in a third country, the U.S. government should either transfer them to the United States for prosecution in U.S. courts, or order their release," HRW said.
"To leave these men in hidden limbo violates fundamental human rights norms."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Enough pretending that the US is some pro-Human Rights country. They should just say: so we disappear-and-torture suspects, so what? We've always done so. Cue the speech of Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men: 'Son, you can't handle the truth... '.
I don't care a dime about terrorists, but what's up with the US playacting about how its means are so far above those of their adversaries? Afraid their populace won't come around? Don't worry, American majority is christo. Am sure they're just fine with it. Christoislamism: christos and islamics are made for each other.
The rest of us: Yeah we know - it's their world and we just live in it. And we ought to thank our lucky little stars that they let us live at all, right?
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/07/usint11995.htm
HRW Statement on U.S. Secret Detention Facilities in Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5056614.stm
BBC - Secret CIA jail claims rejected (7 June 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5321606.stm
BBC - Bush admits to CIA secret prisons (7 September 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5369260.stm
BBC - US deal struck on terror suspects (22 September 2006)
(Since the cat is out of the bag, they're trying to change public image through words. But it's all words. In reality, nothing has changed.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5120600083.html
Washington Post - Rice to Admit German's Abduction Was an Error (Dec 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5054426.stm
BBC - Europe 'aided US in CIA flights' (7 June 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5323968.stm
BBC - Euro MPs demand CIA jail answers (7 September 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6290701.stm
BBC - EU states 'knew of CIA flights' (23 Jan 2007)
This should be introduced into the Californian school curriculum, to pay tribute to modern-day christianity. Cheers.
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11965-7008231,00.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>US Urged To Account For "CIA Prisoners"</b>
28/02/2007 08:59 AM
Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent
Several dozen terrorism suspects believed to have been held at secret CIA prisons are still missing without trace, and the United States should reveal what has happened to them, a leading rights group said on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged President George W. Bush in an open letter to disclose the identity, fate and whereabouts of all prisoners held at secret CIA facilities since 2001.
"As you may know, the CIA's detention programme has inflicted great harm on the reputation, moral standing and integrity of the United States," HRW wrote to Bush.
('the reputation, moral standing and integrity of the United States' <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
"By revealing information about the fate and whereabouts of people formerly held in CIA custody, you could begin to repair the damage this abusive program has caused."
Secret abduction and detention of suspects has been one of the most controversial and fiercely criticised aspects of Bush's war on terrorism, with rights groups arguing such methods are illegal and frequently lead to abuse and torture.
(Come on. The US has always done this. People ought to stop pretending it's a new thing. But it's true that the US has expanded it massively now, what with outsourcing their 'interrogations' to their bases in Europe and Central Asia.)
Bush acknowledged last September that the Central Intelligence Agency had run a secret detention programme for terrorist suspects and strongly defended it, saying the intelligence gleaned had saved lives.
(See links at the bottom of this post.)
Washington said at the time that the last 14 prisoners held had been transferred to its detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and none remained in CIA custody.
But HRW said many people remained unaccounted for. In the letter to Bush, it listed 38 missing people it believed had been, or may have been, held in secret CIA prisons.
Among those on the list:
-- Hassan Ghul, a suspected al Qaeda operative whose capture in Iraq was announced by Bush in January 2004.
-- Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, a Pakistani whose arrest in Lahore in July 2004 triggered security alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington and helped Britain crack a suspected al Qaeda sleeper cell.
-- Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, a Syrian holding a Spanish passport who is wanted in Spain for possible links to the 2004 Madrid bombings. Pakistani intelligence sources told Reuters last year he had been caught and handed to the United States.
HRW said it was possible some of the missing people had been moved to foreign prisons but remained for practical purposes under CIA control.
Or they might have been transferred out of CIA custody to countries where "the torture of terrorism suspects is common", it said, citing Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Syria.
"If they are being held in proxy detention in a third country, the U.S. government should either transfer them to the United States for prosecution in U.S. courts, or order their release," HRW said.
"To leave these men in hidden limbo violates fundamental human rights norms."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Enough pretending that the US is some pro-Human Rights country. They should just say: so we disappear-and-torture suspects, so what? We've always done so. Cue the speech of Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men: 'Son, you can't handle the truth... '.
I don't care a dime about terrorists, but what's up with the US playacting about how its means are so far above those of their adversaries? Afraid their populace won't come around? Don't worry, American majority is christo. Am sure they're just fine with it. Christoislamism: christos and islamics are made for each other.
The rest of us: Yeah we know - it's their world and we just live in it. And we ought to thank our lucky little stars that they let us live at all, right?
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/07/usint11995.htm
HRW Statement on U.S. Secret Detention Facilities in Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5056614.stm
BBC - Secret CIA jail claims rejected (7 June 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5321606.stm
BBC - Bush admits to CIA secret prisons (7 September 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5369260.stm
BBC - US deal struck on terror suspects (22 September 2006)
(Since the cat is out of the bag, they're trying to change public image through words. But it's all words. In reality, nothing has changed.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5120600083.html
Washington Post - Rice to Admit German's Abduction Was an Error (Dec 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5054426.stm
BBC - Europe 'aided US in CIA flights' (7 June 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5323968.stm
BBC - Euro MPs demand CIA jail answers (7 September 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6290701.stm
BBC - EU states 'knew of CIA flights' (23 Jan 2007)
This should be introduced into the Californian school curriculum, to pay tribute to modern-day christianity. Cheers.