which, unlike putative (nonexistent) American panty-hat "torture", is real.
China: Execution of Tibetan Prisoners (photos, warning: gruesome)
Posted on 03/06/2005 5:22:31 AM PST by The Loan Arranger
(State Dept. Report Leaves Out U.S.) Never let it be said that the U.S. State Department lacks chutzpah.
The department recently issued its annual report on human rights practices of nations around the world, pointedly criticizing perennial violators as well as allies, including the U.S.-sponsored interim Iraqi government.
But the report doesn't discuss accusations of human rights abuses at the U.S. prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Abu Gharib, Iraq, where prisoners of war and terrorism suspects are held.
Curtis Cooper, a State Department spokesman, explained that the report does not indulge in self-criticism. It leaves it to others to call the U.S. hand.
"We don't report on ourselves," Cooper said, but he noted that the United States does report on its allies as well as nations with chronic human rights transgressions.
For example, the report detailed torture, rape, arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions by the Iraqi government.
"There are countries we support and that are friends, and when they have practices that don't meet international standards, we don't hesitate to call a spade a spade," Cooper said. He added that the Iraqis accepted the criticism and didn't deny the charges.
Really, now, what alternative do they have?
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China: Execution of Tibetan Prisoners (photos, warning: gruesome)
STFU, you disgusting piece of rotting Lebanese sausage.
Am I missing something here? OH I forgot, its a Hate America article...sorry
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