BS: Shred 'Em!

Subject: BS: Shred 'Em!
From: Troll
Date: 18 Mar 03 - 05:41 AM

This is from a speech in the British House of Commons. I make no comment as I think that it speaks for itself.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-614607,00.html

troll

Subject: RE: BS: Shred 'Em!
From: Wolfgang
Date: 18 Mar 03 - 06:22 AM

Amnesty International on treatment of political prisoners in Iraq

but you shouldn't read it without reading:

Amnesty's position on using human right violations as a reason for war

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Shred 'Em!
From: CarolC
Date: 18 Mar 03 - 12:57 PM

Excerpted from Wolfgang's second link, from Amnesty International:

"Once again, the human rights record of a country is used selectively to legitimize military actions." Amnesty International said.

The US and other Western governments turned a blind eye to Amnesty International reports of widespread human rights violations in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, and ignored Amnesty International's campaign on behalf of the thousands of unarmed Kurdish civilians killed in the 1988 attacks on Halabja."

As I said on another thread, either we support human rights or we don't. Selective use of human rights as an issue in order to promote an agenda is not support of human rights.