MONDAY, MONDAY
Mostly a day of R&R for ye old scribe, so just a few items today.
IRAQ IIO
Summaries here and here and here.
P.O.V. published in South Korea:
…America that was thinking of the civil war in Iraq is now attempting to construct a caste based wall for dividing Iraq.
Undoubtedly after the hanging of Saddam Husain, the conditions in Iraq have worsened. And in spite of it, the citizens in Iraq don’t want to see there country bifurcated. But the Bush administration instead of keeping in view the views of Iraqi citizens is proceeding with its plans of undeclared American policy. And usually the American policy is to weaken the enemy, to divide the enemy or at least the seeds of class and caste reparation be sowed so that in future they should remain at daggers drawn for ever. Article
AFGHANISTAN
The ruckus in Canada gets bumped up another notch:
The Conservative government conceded Monday that it has received reports from Canadian officials about alleged torture in Afghan jails.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says Corrections Canada officers in Kandahar have heard at least two first-hand allegations of abuse. “Yes, they have actually talked to detainees about the possibility if they were tortured or not,” Day said early Monday in response to a reporter’s question. “They actually had a couple of incidents where detainees said they were.”
It is the first time a senior minister has admitted clearly that Canadian officials were informed of specific abuse allegations. Day said the claims came to light last week when he spoke by phone with staff overseas. Article
More:
Members of the Afghan independent human rights commission were able to examine prison conditions in Kandahar on Monday, although they couldn’t talk privately with the detainees.
“The place where these men are being held is not fit for humans,” said Shamsudin Taweer, an inspector with the commission. “The conditions are terrible.” Article
RAIDERS ON THE HORN
nice blog. check out mine about NATO in afghanistan.
Comment by wilwarin — April 30, 2007 @ 11:53 pm on Monday the 30th