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Rice Denies U.S. Engages In Torture

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice denied Monday that the U.S. is engaging in

torture and defended how the Bush administration's waging of the so-called war

on terror. Rice's comments came ahead of a trip to Europe where she is expected

to be questioned about the existence of secret CIA prisons and about the CIA's

practice of kidnapping wanted individuals overseas. Rice did not deny the U.S.

has secretly picked up detainees overseas and flying them to other countries but

she denied this is being done " for the purpose of being tortured. " " The United

States does not permit, tolerate, or condone torture under any circumstances.

Moreover, in accordance with the policy of this administration, the United

States has respected and will continue to respect the sovereignty of other

countries, " Rice said. " The U.S. does not transport and has not transported

detainees from one country to another for the purpose of being tortured. The

United States does not use the airspace or the airports of any country for the

purpose of transporting a detainee to a country where he or she will be

tortured. "

 

Human Rights Watch Accuses Rice of Misleading Statements

Officials from Human Rights Watch accused Rice of failing to acknowledge that

the United States has transported detainees to countries such as Egypt and Syria

where it knows torture is used. The group said Rice also failed to address the

existence of secret CIA prisons inside Europe.

 

ABC: U.S. Moved 11 Detainees From Secret European Prison Last Month

ABC News is reporting that just last month the U.S. moved 11 al-Qaida suspects

from a secret site in Europe to somewhere in North Africa.

 

Report: U.S. Lied to Italy About Kidnapping of Islamic Cleric

Meanwhile the Washington Post has uncovered new information about one of the

best-known cases of extraordinary rendition - the CIA's kidnapping of the

Islamic cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr. According to the Post, the CIA

purposely mislead the Italian government about his disappearance by claiming he

had fled to the Balkans. In fact, he disappeared after a team of CIA agents

abducted him from the streets of Milan and secretly flew him to Egypt where he

was interrogated and allegedly tortured. An Italian judge has ordered the arrest

of over 20 CIA agents involved in the kidnapping.

 

 

 

 

Being a pacifist between wars is as easy as being a vegetarian

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