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By: Alta

Alta — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:31:07 +0000

At least these reports come out,what has happened to so many here in Pakistan? no reports,nothing.

The same,if not worse happens with suspects here,i hope we can change too.

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Hope Sanity Prevails « Dropping a Line — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:52:54 +0000

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By: Saesneg

Saesneg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:26:35 +0000

Wow, talk about a bury bad news day.

http://zeitgeistpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/obama-to-continue-rendition-of-terrorist-suspects/

Hmmmm.

By: Saesneg

Saesneg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:13:17 +0000

The release of the report, despite being under FOI, showed how much we really didn’t know about US torture. Its release is a massive step forward, and shows how deep the “ends justify means” rot went during the post 9/11 years – right down to the agents at the front line.

I still remain uncomfortable about prosecutions, and I think they’re going to miss the real culprits here. Although they are saying they will prosecute only those who went beyond their training, the lassiez-faire attitude towards this kind of the behaviour came from the top. It was the Bush administration which engineered the legal theory that anything done to an “enemy combatent” lay outside of the restrictions of the Geneva Convention in a tourture-friendly Make Believe Land. Attempts to claim water-boarding (which actually seems pretty damn quiant compared to saying I’ll abuse your mum) wasn’t a form of torture shows they knew it was going on and didn’t care.

If we’re going to get the bastards, we should try the Bush Administration.

That’s never going to happen.

By: Asif Khan

Asif Khan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:14:10 +0000

The basic theme touched upon in this blog is about justice and the way things should be done in a civilized society. Although I have no soft corners for these highly publicized crusaders of Islam, I do believe in fair play. Believe me living in west as Muslim, these terrorists have done more harm to Islam than anyone else in history. Their stupidity, brutality, ignorance, and barbarism is haunting us all yet civilized societies should behave in civilized way as Gandhi said ‘any eye for eye will make the whole world blind’. I admit the US can bring some justification for torturing the culprits but what about the innocents who were held for year behind bars in unidentified areas for a crime that they hadn’t committed. Obama, who came on a promise of change brought these atrocities to surface however, it is also high time to expose the role played by nations as Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and others in these violations. You cannot hide a truth, you can only suppress it for a while but with time things reveal on their due course. Remember as Henri Amiel once said ‘truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence’.

By: Komal Waqar

Komal Waqar — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:37:49 +0000

Well written post as always – it was unnerving reading about the torture procedures of the CIA. I wonder if Afia Siddiqui was also one of the ‘terrorists’ handed over for money. Seeing how much the USA co-operated with Musharraf and then turned on him, I agree with Aly that hypocrisy is its middle name. I doubt that the US is concerned about its image in the Muslim world, they’re too busy ‘saving’ Iraq and Afghanistan (read: letting Aghan women become sex slaves). As for Palestine, Obama’s Cairo speech has been largely ignored, Netanyhu continues with increasing settlements and I honestly think if the US was concerned, they would’ve used harsher measures like embargoes (like they did with Iran.) At the end, I think Obama’s going to be like any other American president, he’ll do whats best for his country not for the rest of the world. But I could be wrong and I hope I am ^^

By: jman

jman — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:56 +0000

Hey at least I know my tax money isn’t being squandered. Kill em kill em all.

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By: sana saleem

sana saleem — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:04:04 +0000

@ Aly: There’s lot that the United States Government has done post 9/11, we all (along with the US itself) know of these mistakes that has cost people lives. But the thing is journalist and citizens of the same country have helped bring this issue to the global front. The people there are concerned, the media is covering it. Lets hope some action happens too!
@ Faisal and Naveen :Thankyou so much for your comments, indeed we all need the promised change and want this inhumanity to stop. Justice for all I say.