Annan Says Coalition May Be Violating Law

[kpete]

Annan Says Coalition May Be Violating Law

Wednesday March 8, 2006 1:16 AM


By NICK WADHAMS

Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S.-led coalition forces and Iraq's authorities may be violating international law by arbitrarily detaining thousands of people, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report published Tuesday.

The report, which studied the situation in Iraq over the last three months, said Iraq's prison system remains a major concern and lamented that an investigation into allegations of torture in Iraqi Interior Ministry jails had not yet been made public as promised.

Annan's criticism of Multinational Forces and the Iraqi authorities in responding to violence was among the strongest he has made, although many of his claims were not new. He said the detainment of thousands of Iraqis ``constitutes de facto arbitrary detention.''

``The extent of such practices is not consistent with provisions of international law governing internment on imperative reasons of security,'' the report said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5669834,00.html

[babylonsister]

1. Damnit, if it takes the UN to point this out because Congress

is ignoring these war crimes, so be it. What Is Wrong With This Picture?

[im10ashus]

2. Same thing that happened with Iraq.

Congress turns a blind-eye toward the administration while the U.N. was questioning everything. :shrug:

Our Senate, my dear babylonsister, is complicit and corrupt. With the exception of the Senator from Wisconsin.

[babylonsister]

3. I hesitate to think they are all complicit and corrupt, or even the

majority. I think being underdogs and in the minority hasn't helped, but is no reason to give up. :grr:

[im10ashus]

4. We will never give up.

Rage against the dying maching, or something like that. :-)

[babylonsister]

5. Allrighty then! Rage on! nt

[im10ashus]

6. LOL!

I actually misquoted. I guess I shouldn't mix Dylan Thomas with politics.

It is actually "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." It seems apropo given our dying democracy.