Carter Says US Tortures Prisoners
CNN reports: "The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday....Carter also said President Bush creates his own definition of human rights." Reuters reports that Carter also "denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a 'disaster' for the country and a 'militant' who has had an excessive influence in setting foreign policy."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101107N.shtml
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Carter: US has abandoned 'basic principles of human rights'
Former US president Jimmy Carter last night told CNN the US tortured prisoners in violation of international law, following an assertion last week from George Bush that the US "does not torture".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2188844,00.html
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jimmy+Carter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101107N.shtml
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Carter: US has abandoned 'basic principles of human rights'
Former US president Jimmy Carter last night told CNN the US tortured prisoners in violation of international law, following an assertion last week from George Bush that the US "does not torture".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2188844,00.html
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jimmy+Carter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
rudkla - 11. Okt, 17:16
