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| 2005-04-10 |
| The Pentagon is considering a dramatic escalation in its "war on terror'', a leading human rights group told Gulf News. Proposals under review would allow people to be detained as enemy combatants, outside the protection of the Geneva Conventions, for links to any organisation classified as terrorist by President George W. Bush. The list of organisations has not yet been finalised but Gulf News has learnt it "closely resembles'' those named in a presidential order in September 2001. This included a number of Middle East organisations. The list was expanded since then and names the Tamil Tigers, Shining Path of Peru Spain's ETA and the Real IRA. "This [enemy combatant classification] was originally aimed at Al Qaida and Taliban," John Sifton, a senior official of Human Rights Watch who has a copy of the document detailing the proposals, told Gulf News from New York last night. "But this is a radical departure. This expands the war on terror." It also allows for individuals not associated with terror groups to be held. The proposals, if adopted by the Pentagon, would allow US forces to detain a suspect anywhere in the world in the utmost secrecy and deny having them. It raises the spectre of US forces acting like international bounty hunters. "It's not just if someone lands in America. Judging by past behaviour geography has never been a limiting factor for the US." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 AMERICAN TURKY RAISED ARSES WILL BE GANG RAPED IN EVERY PRISON WORLD WIDE IF THAT IS THE CASE |
| Posted by: Americans for nuke iszrael 2005-04-10 4:51:29 AM |
| #9 americans for nuke iszrael are to be expected when MSM does nowt but recycle palestinian propaganda. It's been a generation now and most new journos believe the paleo line. They also are happy to ignore blatant factual abuses as long as it supports the " right" side.(anti US, leftwing, anti-Israel, baby-boomer-'rebel', Racism-sux-but-sexism-is-OK, anti-capitalist, pro-globalism, pro-welfare-state). I've seen it firsthand at a major newspaper. |
| Posted by: anon1 2005-04-10 12:49:57 PM |
| #8 That, if true, is just a change of tactics. The word "escalation" is extremely serious and should not be 'defined down'. "Escalations" are established ahead of time as the modern version of the "Rules of War", to let the enemy know that if he "escalates" by doing 'x', then the other side with *continue* to "escalate" by doing 'y'. "If you attack our airfields with chemical weapons, then we will escalate with the use of tactical nuclear weapons", as an example. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-04-10 12:08:40 PM |
| #7 So many of these groups have ties to one another that names are simply a shell game. The 'big tent' strategy makes complete sense. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-04-10 9:41:08 AM |
| #6 I ask for just two things: Please, no caps lock and be cogent. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2005-04-10 9:10:20 AM |
| #5 Websters dictionary, rectal crainial inversion:Americans for nuke iszrael |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-04-10 9:08:15 AM |
| #4 Another moslem arsebandit. It we ever get one that isn't he should get the Surprise Meter at max. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-10 5:01:33 AM |
| #3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Americans for nuke iszrael TROLL 2005-04-10 4:51:29 AM |
| #2 Does this mean we can detain the board members of CAIR here in the US? Or at least "Mysterious" car crashes? |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-04-10 3:17:01 AM |
| #1 Bout Time!! The US is finally realizing that Iran and North Korea (less we forget, the last two axis of evil states)will probable stage a simultaneous aggressive posture to "throw off" our resolve: allowing these groups to fester unimpeded through the 'back door'! |
| Posted by: smn 2005-04-10 1:40:32 AM |