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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (7631)	5/15/2004 12:39:50 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Yep...finally found one: All told, over 43,000 Iraqis have been arrested by the US occupation army, up to 90 percent of whom, according to a February report by the usually reticent International Red Cross, had been "arrested by mistake". Many have been subjected to brutality by American troops. Many have been injured or tortured. Many were incarcerated for months without the knowledge of their families. None had legal representation. Some were killed. Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and the Red Cross have identified hundreds of such incidents since the invasion began in March, 2003. The Red Cross concluded that US arrest and detention policies in Iraq "are prohibited under international humanitarian law". Even Washington's hand-picked and usually pliant Iraqi Governing Council several months ago bitterly complained to the ruling Coalition Provisional Authority about arrest and incarceration abuses, to no avail. So far, 34,000 of the apprehended Iraqis have been released without charges. Most of the rest will be released in time - a process that has been accelerated since the Abu Ghraib crimes became publicly known. Only 600 have ever been charged with a crime, mostly of a civil nature. And nearly all of those arrested, including opponents of Saddam, now despise the US for portraying itself as a "liberator" while acting in the fashion of an overlord. atimes.com Orca

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (7631)	5/15/2004 12:53:31 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

No Got Milk?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (7631)	5/15/2004 2:13:07 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Another interesting link on N. Korea: Bush's failure to make a deal, while the fuel rods were still locked up, constitutes one of the great diplomatic blunders of our time. It may not be too late to avert the coming disaster. The question is whether the president--whoever he might be--recognizes that a disaster is coming, decides to deal with it, and does so fairly soon. The time is already late; at some point, it will run out. more: washingtonmonthly.com Orca