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| Amnesty Whines About US Contractors, The US In General |
| 2006-05-25 |
| The United States is riding roughshod over human rights by outsourcing key anti-terror work in Iraq to private contractors, who operate beyond Iraqi law and outside the military chain of command, Amnesty International said Tuesday. It called for tighter rules on the use of contractors in a statement released with its 2006 annual report detailing human rights violations in 150 countries around the world. The rights watchdog said contracting for military detention, security and intelligence operations had fueled violations. "We're concerned about the use of private contractors in Iraq because it creates a legal black hole of responsibility and accountability," Amnesty's Secretary-General Irene Khan told AP Television News. "These contractors are protected from being prosecuted under Iraqi law, but they're not part of the U.S. military command. So when they commit crimes, or when they abuse human rights, they're accountable to no one." Few aspects of the multibillion-dollar U.S. contracting effort in Iraq have been disclosed. A report by the U.S. Government Accounting Office last year said monitoring of civilian contractors in Iraq was so poor there was no way to determine how many contractors were working on U.S.-related security and reconstruction projects or how many have been killed. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 Amenesty International - Bunch of pu**ies and hypocrites. Islamofascists and other terorists are murdering, slaughtering, raping, enslaving hundreds sometimes 1000s a day in Chad, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Nuevo Laredo Mexico, etc. and they are "concerned" about the living conditions and treatment of islamo-cockroaches that should be shot in the head. Idiots. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-05-26 00:01 |
| #11 I wish these clowns would sod off. They're as useless as tits on a boar-hog - and about as attractive. Those who can, do. Those who can't - run their mouths. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-25 21:57 |
| #10 Why do they hate CONTRACTORS ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-25 17:49 |
| #9 Ah, their jus trying to enter the whine-tasting/mouthing contest. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-25 17:14 |
| #8 The question is, Who does Amnesty contract for security? |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-25 13:33 |
| #7 The question is whether they're treated as a 'tax deduction' to a charitable organization. That is indirectly supporting them. |
| Posted by: Elmomble Throgum1567 2006-05-25 09:26 |
| #6 I bet they aren't subject to taxes at all. Audit the bastards. Force them to open their books. Find out how much they get from the totalitarians they ignore in favor of spitting on the US. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-25 07:20 |
| #5 I don't think they get any tax $$, annon. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-25 05:37 |
| #4 LetÂ’s make a grass root organization to block every penny of our tax money going to this annoying and worthless Amnesty International. |
| Posted by: Annon 2006-05-25 02:20 |
| #3 The primary source of torture is the incessant whine from Amnesia Int'l. I gots dog ears. Since they only "investigate" the Good Guys, never the Real Perps (China, NorK, etc), it's hard to imagine a more worthless bunch of parasites than Khaaaan & Co. |
| Posted by: Whains Craviper1337 2006-05-25 00:43 |
| #2 Its a quabdry - private sector/free market accountability and responsibility, versus Big Govt universal deficit spending and anti-bankruptcy bankruptcy = pro-bankruptcy anti-bankruptcy = balanced budget!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-25 00:27 |
| #1 has given a new lease on life to old-fashioned repression... Imagine that: we've brought Uday and Qusay back from the dead. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-05-25 00:13 |