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| CIA Secretly Removes Detainees From Iraq | |
| 2004-10-24 | |
The CIA has secretly moved as many as a dozen unidentified prisoners out of Iraq in the last six months, a possible violation of international treaties, The Washington Post reported. The detainees were removed without
The Justice Department drafted a memo dated March 19, 2004, authorizing the CIA to take prisoners out of Iraq for interrogation, it said. Iraqis can be taken out of the country for a "brief but not indefinite period," and that "illegal aliens" can be removed permanently under "local immigration law," the Post quoted the memo as saying. The transfers could violate the Geneva Conventions, which do not allow "individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory." White House spokesman Sean McCormick said the U.S. policy is to comply with the international treaty, which protects civilians during war and occupation. "The Geneva Conventions are applicable to the conflict in Iraq," he told the Post. The identities or locations of the detainees have not been disclosed. The Bush administration did not consider al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan to be "protected persons" under the Geneva Conventions. Many were sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for interrogation. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Once again, jihadi terrorists do NOT come under the definition of "protected persons" under the GC. But thanks for askin'... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-24 10:20:47 PM |
| #8 Lots of noise is made over the US violationg Geneva protocols is has never even signed on to. Is this one of them? Many Europeans and Americans are under the impression the USA is under all those agreements The US has not adopted all of them. Since when do the Geneva accords apply to multi national terroists and criminals anyway? If you are fighting a nation that has violated the the accords or isn't even governed by the same political system that originally signed are we supposed to just ignore that? Well I guess we are. Thats just plain stupid. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-24 9:32:53 PM |
| #7 Say it aint so, Sarge. I was hoping it was true. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-24 8:47:20 PM |
| #6 Is this another Hersch story? Sounds like it. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-10-24 8:45:35 PM |
| #5 Secretly? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-24 7:50:52 PM |
| #4 I saw this one coming a while back. Someone said "There are only a hundred or so foreign fighters being kept in Iraq"; to which the response was, "Aha, so that means it's the Iraqis that are rising up against the US!, NOT foreign fighters!" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-10-24 1:24:23 PM |
| #3 hmmmmm - Clinton CIA bureaucrats? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-24 1:24:13 PM |
| #2 The detainees were removed without notification to the International Red Cross, congressional oversight committees, the Defense Department or CIA investigators, the newspaper said in Sunday editions, citing unidentified government officials. The 'right' prisoners are being taken out of country or into that good night to be emptied of information, which is what should have happened with many of the Abu Ghraib prisoners. Good for the spooks. The most troubling part of this story is it is by unnamed sources. More shoddy journalism by the WaPo. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-10-24 1:11:50 PM |
| #1 Guess there needs to be a definition of terrorists rights.I'll start off:Dead. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-10-24 1:01:36 PM |