U.S. Rejects U.N. Expert's Afghan Rights Concerns

[True_Blue]

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military Saturday dismissed concerns expressed by a U.N. rights investigator about allegations of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, saying an internal investigation had found that detainees were treated humanely.

A U.N. independent expert said in a statement Thursday after a visit to Afghanistan that he was "gravely concerned" at allegations of mistreatment and even torture of local people by foreign forces in the country.

Egyptian lawyer Cherif Bassiouni gave no details of the allegations or who had made them but he is due to reveal more of his findings at the U.N. Human Rights Commission's annual six-week session in March and April.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7609330

[Demit]

1. Ah yes, the US military has such high credence on this topic.

[IndianaGreen]

2. Our military is sounding more like the 1930s German military each day

Why don't we drop the pretense and put swastikas in those uniforms?

[pdurod1]

3. Smells like Negroponte

[VegasWolf]

4. Afganistan prision gurard uniform -

[struggle4progress]

5. Cruelty and indifference under a layer of high-minded rhetoric.

[bpilgrim]

6. WHY would ANYBODY be 'CONCERNED' over our behavior over THERE?!

http://news.globalfreepress.com

peace