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2005-05-01 Home Front: WoT

U.S. Recruits a Rough Ally to Be a Jailer

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Posted by Steve White 2005-05-01 12:06:40 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I really dislike this practice. It embodies all of the moral problems involved in torturing people (rather than simple interrogations) with no sort of material benefits, since I think all of the countries used thusly will at the end of the day lie to us about what they've found out.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-01 2:01:37 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-01 2:01:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The NYT needs to invest in an atlas so its reporters understand why in order to deal with Afghanistan, the USA had to obtain the cooperation of one or more neighbouring states. None of those are very nice. And concerning the detainees, what does the NYT suggest is done with them. Keep them in Gitmo, let them go, hand them over to the UN?

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-01 3:23:31 AM|| 2005-05-01 3:23:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Life is too short to read the NYT, so maybe someone can tell me whether the guys being sent to Uzbekistan are, you know, Uzbeks....

Posted by Iblis 2005-05-01 8:18:49 PM|| 2005-05-01 8:18:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Phil, I might have agreed with you before the Abu Ghraib and Gitmo media extravaganzas, but what are the choices? We're at war, but the media wants us to playt patty-cake with these thugs. I say this problem is just not at the top of my priority list.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-01 8:43:21 PM|| 2005-05-01 8:43:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Phil,
I agree with you - but *only* to the extent that I believe that the information gained will be useless. You stick electrodes on my nuts, I'll tell you black is white and anything else you like so you'll stop. This article is a very informative view from Oct 2003. It's now gone behind their paywall, but the gist of it was that violence was not effective. It's a ways back now, but I *think* I remember them talking about being brutal in life-or-death situations.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-05-01 9:11:40 PM|| 2005-05-01 9:11:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll sleep OK

Posted by Frank G 2005-05-01 9:12:52 PM|| 2005-05-01 9:12:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just realised the article says it was just after the 9/11 attacks that the administration looked to Uzbekistan for some assistance. I guess that the Uzbekistanis, realising that one of the options on the table at that time was 'boiling' the entire Middle East, thought it would be politic to do what they do *anyhow* and help the 'crazy Americans'.

It's a thought...

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-05-01 9:34:52 PM|| 2005-05-01 9:34:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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