Canada puts US on ‘torture list’
It’s a . Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m very glad that someone in our government had the cojones to do this, although I suspect that now that it’s known Harper will get his shorts all twisted over it and have the training manual pulled.
The has been listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a produced by the .
It also classifies some US as torture.
The manual - part of a training course on torture awareness for diplomats - also includes Israel, China, Iran and Afghanistan on its watch list.
A government spokesman said the manual did not reflect the views of Canada, which is an ally of the US and Israel.
“The training manual is not a policy document and does not reflect the views or policies of this government,” said a spokesman for Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier.
The manual lists US interrogation techniques such as forced nudity, isolation, sleep deprivation and the blindfolding of prisoners under “definition of “.
No it’s a sad day because a once great country has fallen so low that even its best friends must slap it upside the head with the truth.
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Time: 1/19/2008, 4:29 pm
[...] Like I said, Harper would cave and give Bush a “Lewinsky” OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured. [...]
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Time: 1/19/2008, 8:51 am
Waterboarding, wondering how does it feel like? Read this chilling first hand account from a tough (and insane?) guy.