Even Eritrea is on our ass over Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6540545&cKey=1142072442000

Eritrea accuses U.S. of hypocrisy on human rights

By Ed Harris

ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea accused Washington on Saturday of hypocrisy over the release of the annual U.S. human rights report, saying in the wake of prison abuse scandals it had no moral grounds to criticise other nations.

The State Department report, which covered countries around the world, said Eritrea's record on human rights had worsened and the government continued to commit serious abuses.

"The U.S. administration has no legal or moral ground to point its fingers at other countries on human rights issues or to act as a self-appointed court," Information Minister Ali Abdu said on Saturday.

"As far as Eritrea is concerned, this is ridiculous ... and at a time when we are reading the gruesome reports from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay," he told Reuters, referring to charges of human rights abuses committed in U.S.-run prisons.

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1. At one time Eritrea was a good ally. They hosted

American soldiers, treating us much kinder than we treated them. Though I am not a fan of the current leaders of Eritrea, they are right on this account.

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2. He’s completely right

e’ve lost all moral authority to take the high road about any countries civil/human rights abuses we once had.

Thanks you little lying fake cowboy with your fake ranch.