US forces ignore 'rule of law'

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New York - US military forces in Afghanistan have mistreated detainees, arbitrarily detained civilians and used excessive force in arrests of non-combatants.

This is according to a report released on Friday by Human Rights Watch.

The rights watchdog said it concluded "the US-administered system of arrest and detention in Afghanistan exists outside of the rule of law". The United States has detention facilities at Bagram, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Asadabad military bases.

"The United States is setting a terrible example in Afghanistan on detention practices," said Brad Adams, executive director of the Asia division of Human Rights Watch.

"Civilians are being held in a legal black hole - with no tribunals, no legal counsel, no family visits and no basic legal protections."

And Washington has not responded adequately to questions about arrest and detention practices, the group charged.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1494211,00.html

[atreides1]

1. Coming Soon...

....To a detention camp near you!!!!!

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. They're ignoring their own guns? their own bombs?

That's the law. And it will be thus until the rest of the world decides it's not.

[Just Me]

3. And to think that anyone wonders why "they" hate us,...

,...with the vile Bush loyalists fabricating that "they hate our freedoms and values". Under the neocon regime, we have become the evil empire in the world. Makes me sick!!!

[madrchsod]

4. remember boys and girls

these guys will be coming back to the usa. makes me all warm and fuzzy knowing these guys will be walking around....

[Briar]

5. Welcome to the New American Century

where, according to Tony Bliar, there is no law and order, only military power.

[BearFlagDemocrat]

6. It's all Gay Marriage's fault...

First hordes of gay people willfully and wildly breaking the law in San Francisco and now this...