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No punishment for CIA officers who tortured detainees - Obama

Published: 17 April, 2009, 13:08


U.S president Barack Obama announced that CIA officials that used torture techniques during Bush's administration will not be prosecuted.

 
3 COMMENTS
john rush April 17, 2009, 06:05 quote
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US hypocrisy knows no limits. Now they want to exclude Cuba from Latin America summit because of human rights.

Count Cash April 17, 2009, 12:20 quote
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This is just a re-affirmation that the USA fully supports torture and that this American way will be supported directly by Obama. This is change we can all believe in 'short-change'. This should serve as a wake up call to anyone who thinks there is a 'reset' in relations. The only reset Obama's administration is contemplating, is a reset in world development, so that developing nations are reset to the stoneage and their resources are plundered. NATO partnership; are there any really naive enough to believe in that. Partners who agitate directly on your borders! Russia needs to start voicing concerns about torture and politcal prisoners in the USA and Europe, to support their freedoms and fundamental rights. Russia needs to start to lead on these issues, not sitting back all the time and politely listening.

Meslin May 29, 2009, 21:31 quote
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Try to imagine what the american creep-leaders and their NATO puppets will be saying if Russia in Chechnia or China in Tibet will have done the same cruaulties as the USA are responsables of doing in Irak, Afghanistan and Pakistan. How much longer will Russian leaders keep on being so kind and so polite with those imperialists crooks. It does not seem that Obama is any different from his predecessors. We are just witnessing an hollywoodian super-production which could be called the Barnum-Obama-Circus-Show. In France, we are used to that kind of marketing-communication-comedy with our "artist" Sarkozy. Example: the opinions'pools being not good for our president's party UMP for the ; last week his "Pompadour" wife gave an interview to a news-paper called . Two women-journalists were with Carla when soudaintly "Chouchou" appeared to kiss his wife. The fun part of it is than a couple hours later, the scene was in all french homes, since our three main TV channels showed the scene which undoubtedly was premeditated. French or american politics are 24 hours a day well orchestrated spectacles. This does not fool me; it is why I always say: In all human relations, the main ingredient is sincerity. Pauvre France and Poor America ! Sorry Future Generations ! Sincerely. Jean-Claude Meslin

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