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| Probe of CIA prisons implicates EU nations |
| 2006-06-07 |
| A slam dunk says the AP... PARIS - Fourteen European nations colluded with U.S. intelligence in a "spider's web" of human rights abuses to help the CIA spirit terror suspects to illegal detention facilities, a European investigator said Wednesday. Ooooooh! A "spider's web"... Swiss senator Dick Marty's report to Europe's top human rights body was thin on evidence but raises the possibility of a cover-up involving both friends and critics of Washington's war on terror. It says European governments "did not seem particularly eager to establish" the facts. Thin on evidence, ya say? That can't be good for an investigation, can it? The 67-page report, addressed to the 46 Council of Europe member states, will likely be used by the rights watchdog to pressure countries to investigate their suspected role in U.S. rendition flights carrying terror suspects. Release the Rights Watchdogs! Marty's claims triggered a wave of angry denials but also accusations that governments are stonewalling attempts to confront Europe's role in the flights. "This report exposes the myth that European governments had no knowledge of, or involvement in, rendition and secret detentions," said lawmaker Michael Moore, foreign affairs spokesman for Britain's second opposition party, the Liberal Democrats. Hey, they got one too. In the strongest allegations so far, Marty said evidence suggests planes linked to the CIA carrying terror suspects stopped in Romania and Poland and likely dropped off detainees there, backing up earlier news reports that identified the two countries as possible sites of clandestine detention centers. Officials in Romania and Poland vigorously denied the accusations."This is slander and it's not based on any facts," Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Poland's prime minister, told reporters in Warsaw. But Filip Ilkowski, leader of Poland's "Stop War" movement protesting the Iraq war, said the Polish government was trying to thwart European Union investigators. ...and who ya gonna believe, the prime minister or the head of the Polish antiwar movement? I mean, why even ask? "It is hard to say whether prisoners were dropped off here, but from what we know, U.S. planes landed in Poland outside the official channels. The government has done nothing to clarify the matter, it is doing everything to cover it up," Ilkowski said. U.S. planes might've landed in Poland. No film at eleven... British Prime Minister Tony Blair also denied the collusion allegations and said Marty's report contained no new evidence. "I have to say, the Council of Europe report has absolutely nothing new in it," he told lawmakers. There was no immediate U.S. reaction. Prepare the cover up! What are we covering up? I dunno... Rest at the link. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #17 Lol, tw - I admit not! Are you going to give me a thrilling sample with translation? :) I wait with baited breath! |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-07 23:11 |
| #16 Ahhhhh, roger, tower, we just landed from Afghanistan with Dick Marty's new load of teenage male prostitutes. Where do you want them, over. |
| Posted by: Ghost Jet Airways 2006-06-07 22:53 |
| #15 Have you ever heard serious cussing in German, flyover? ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-07 22:52 |
| #14 Heh, nothing sounds better in German. :) |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-07 22:27 |
| #13 Mais oui, überfliegermensch... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-07 22:23 |
| #12 It sounds much more impressive in French, I bet. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-07 21:58 |
| #11 SwissTex---Thank's for Dick Marty's resume. Now what has he done for useful work? That section is a little thin™, IMHO. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-07 21:56 |
| #10 Dick needs a jihadi beheading...then, he might get a clue |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-07 21:24 |
| #9 Dick Marty: Assembly Member since 1998 Working language: French Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly Ex officio: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Member: Sub-Committee on Tourism Development Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Human Rights Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Rights of Minorities Member: Political Affairs Committee Member: Sub-Committee on Belarus Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Standing Committee Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Enlarged Joint Committee NO comments! |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-06-07 21:17 |
| #8 Who needs evidence when your a fuxking pop tart Urpeeing investigator. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-07 20:05 |
| #7 Just for fun, duplicate those airplane tail numbers a few times and fly them all over Europe. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-06-07 17:49 |
| #6 I figure this just means Marty's check cleared. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-07 17:42 |
| #5 I believe this report has no connection with any govermental or quasi governmental. It's just TRANZI anti-war anti-usa bozine-shite. The "governmental/EU" investigaton said this is not supported by any evidence. It's all myths. TRANZI's are true believers they have "faith" this is true even where there is no real evidence or fact, if they and the EU snd USofA MSM keep spouting it, it is the "truth." "Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my cloud." Wadda' buncha' tools. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-07 17:40 |
| #4 I really don't care about Dick Marty's "spider web". Any clear link to planning, supporting, or executing terrorism would be enough for me to be satisfied with renditioning them from 35,000 ft without a parachute, so secret detention doesn't hit my hot buttons. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-06-07 16:58 |
| #3 John, it's interesting but the French, of all people, seem to understand this, at least when it's terrorism on their own soil. They have no problem dropping the hammer then. Overall, this report smacks of a desparate attempt to keep the issue alive despite the lack of evidence. Quelle horror -- they wouldn't do that, would they? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-07 16:56 |
| #2 The fault lies with sanctimonious euro politicians who have not made it clear to their constituents that this is a dirty war and there will be things that are unpleasant but need to be done. They will now pay the price... |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-07 16:52 |
| #1 ...Will someone PLEASE tell this as*hole to SHUT UP?... |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-06-07 16:49 |