Pentagon failed to get export permit
"Forced nudity, hooding and the use of dogs all were interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay prison — but, top Bush administration lawyers insisted this week, never meant to be applied in Iraq." New York Newsday, June 23.
Safe haven
"The US has ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it fears they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official." — London Financial Times, June 23.
Equality and injustice for all
"Two Ukrainian merchant seamen, who ended up in Abu Ghraib prison after being arrested in August, were kept naked and hooded for hours during their 10 months imprisonment, a top [Ukrainian] human rights official said Thursday... Ukraine has the fourth largest non-US troop contingent in Iraq." — Associated Press, June 24.
'Sovereignty' handover I
"The US-led occupation authority in Baghdad has warned Iraq's interim government not to carry out its threat of declaring martial law, insisting that only the US-led coalition has the right to adopt emergency powers after the June 30 handover of sovereignty." — London Financial Times, June 24.
'Sovereignty' handover II
"The Bush administration has decided to take the unusual step of bestowing on its own troops and personnel immunity from prosecution by Iraqi courts for killing Iraqis or destroying local property that will extend even after the occupation ends and sovereignty returns to Iraq, US officials said." — Washington Post, June 24.
From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, June 30, 2004.
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