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International-UN-NGOs
US Given Ultimatum on Guantanamo Inspection
2005-11-16
The United Nations on Tuesday, November 15, gave the United States Thursday as an ultimatum to respond to a request for human rights inspectors' free access to the X-Ray detention camp in Cuba. "The United States has until Thursday (November 17) to confirm it will allow United Nations inspectors open access to detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba," the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, told Agence France Presse (AFP).

Earlier, the UN team welcomed a US invitation to inspect the infamous prison, but asked for free access and personal interviews with the detainees. "We cannot accept the exclusion of private interviews with detainees as this would not only contravene the Terms of Reference for Fact-finding missions by Special Procedures but also undermine the purpose of an objective and fair assessment of the situation of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay," the UN investigators told the US administration in a joint statement.

Nowak said the absence of a conclusive answer by midnight on Thursday will be taken as a refusal. "The situation is very clear: if the United States does not accept our conditions, we will not go," Nowak warned.
Posted by:Fred

#20  Its NUREMBOURG iff the USA doesn't serve more veal wid dem dar glazes and nuts!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-11-16 23:52  

#19  "Or WHAT, Hans Brix?"
Posted by: mojo   2005-11-16 11:55  

#18  Sure, dude....the minute the UN gives us free and unfettered access to the Oil for Food records.....

Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-11-16 11:18  

#17  However, this is going to be a festering issue. It will be seized upon by the Dhimmicrats, and since the RINOs are wavering on the war right now, it isn't a good time to put another issue into the news cycle.

I think we need to play along for a while here: there's plenty of wiggle room on what 'open access' means, and we should work diligently -- but slowly, on as close to geologic time as we can -- to ensure that we nail down what that means.

"Why, of course we'll let you come, we just don't want to be surprised by any requests. I'm sorry, could you repeat yourselves, we don't speak French. Oh, that wasn't French? Sorry, our mistake. Could you repeat yourselves?"

I'd string this along for a while.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-11-16 11:00  

#16  Isn't being interviewed by UNweinnies cruel and unusual punishment?
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-11-16 10:36  

#15  
Sorry but, as their captors we have a duty to protect them from rapist, crooks, and murderers.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-11-16 09:10  

#14  Yep, right after you clean out all the crooks involved in the Oil-for-Bribes program. Considering you just reinstated with back pay the one crook you had the timidity to release, that's not going to happen soon.
Posted by: Theregum Phemp7167   2005-11-16 08:41  

#13  The United States has until Thursday (November 17) to confirm it will allow United Nations inspectors open access to detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba

My bet is the UN's worried what the terrs will say about UN fund-raising operations.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-11-16 07:54  

#12  Rafael, it's from Goodfellas.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-11-16 07:22  

#11  Oooooh, we only have until tomorrow. Tribunals and firing squads in 5, 4, 3, 2...
Posted by: Darrell   2005-11-16 07:19  

#10  Oh just what we were afraid of, pedo, rapist UN human rights inspectors. Get real.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-11-16 05:12  

#9  Just kick the fricking UN out of the US and be done with the whiners
Posted by: 3dc   2005-11-16 04:13  

#8  Most of these so-called "Human Rights" inspectors' deserve to be incarcerated at Gitmo.

Fuck 'em, without US money that don't mean shit.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-11-16 03:35  

#7  BTW, fifty bonus points for anyone who knows where that quotation came from.
Posted by: Rafael   2005-11-16 01:25  

#6  "We cannot accept the exclusion of private interviews with detainees

I'll save them the trouble. This is what the complaints will sound like: "I asked for spaghetti with marinara sauce, and all I got was noodles and ketchup".

Nevermind, they probably would get spaghetti with marinara if they asked for it.
Posted by: Rafael   2005-11-16 01:22  

#5  UN: We are gving you three chances to allowm inspections. If you refuse the first two times, the next time... er.. will be three.
Posted by: badanov   2005-11-16 01:10  

#4  I don't think they quite grasp the subtle meaning of the customary ultimatum. This is much closer to tantrum than ultimatum, lol.
Posted by: .com   2005-11-16 00:52  

#3  Article: "The situation is very clear: if the United States does not accept our conditions, we will not go," Nowak warned.

Hokay - if you don't want to show up, we won't insist.
Posted by: Elmenter Snineque1852   2005-11-16 00:48  

#2  "The situation is very clear: if the United States does not accept our conditions, we will not go."

LOL! Now there's an empty threat if I ever heard one! Next, he'll be telling us he's going to hold his breath 'til he turns blue...
Posted by: PBMcL   2005-11-16 00:26  

#1   "The situation is very clear: if the United States does not accept our conditions, we will not go...."

That's a win/win if I've ever seen one.
Posted by: AzCat   2005-11-16 00:25  

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