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| Amnesty International sez US Sacrificing Human Rights |
| 2002-05-28 |
| The United States has fought the war on terrorism at the expense of human rights, eroding its credibility as a global leader on humanitarian issues, Amnesty International said Tuesday. There's a reason we should concern ourselves with Amnesty International? In an annual report on human rights worldwide, the group took numerous swipes at the U.S. government for its response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including the indefinite detainment of foreigners being investigated for terrorism links. "Citizens around the world suffer the consequences when the U.S. defaults on its responsibility to promote human rights," said William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA. Hey, William F. Schultz! In Afghanistan we've made this possible. The people we're "unjustly detaining" did this and this, and you didn't do a lot of bitching about it. Oh, and lest we forget, they also did this. So shut up and get out of the way, you insufferable hypocrit. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Amnesty International's concern for human rights apparently doesn't extend to the women, children, and old men killed by Palestinian homicide bombers. Check their 2002 report on "Israel and the Occupied Territories." See if you can spot any mentions of homicide bombers. By the way, most of the Palestinians killed in the Intifada were "unlawfully killed," according to AI, but the Israeli civilians who died last yeare were simply killed by "Palestinian armed groups." http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/israel+and+the+occupied+territories+!Open |
| Posted by: R McLeod 2002-05-30 00:45:41 |
| #3 Amnesty International's concern for human rights apparently doesn't extend to the women, children, and old men killed by Palestinian homicide bombers. Check their 2002 report on "Israel and the Occupied Territories." See if you can spot any mentions of homicide bombers. By the way, most of the Palestinians killed in the Intifada were "unlawfully killed," according to AI, but the Israeli civilians who died last yeare were simply killed by "Palestinian armed groups." http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/israel+and+the+occupied+territories+!Open |
| Posted by: R McLeod 2002-05-30 00:45:09 |
| #2 Amnesty International's concern for human rights apparently doesn't extend to the women, children, and old men killed by Palestinian homicide bombers. Check their 2002 report on "Israel and the Occupied Territories." See if you can spot any mentions of homicide bombers. By the way, most of the Palestinians killed in the Intifada were "unlawfully killed," according to AI, but the Israeli civilians who died last yeare where simply killed were simply killed by "Palestinian armed groups." http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/israel+and+the+occupied+territories+!Open |
| Posted by: R McLeod 2002-05-30 00:40:28 |
| #1 "Bill, look at this. After we made those negative comments about the US justice system, our donations went up 45% and we only lost 5% of our membership!" "Well sure. Any time an old-school leftist gets rich, there's a new vein of liberal guilt to mine." |
| Posted by: Undertoad 2002-05-29 08:16:07 |
