Beckett slams Guantanamo Bay

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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett launched one of the government's sharpest attacks on Guantanamo Bay on Thursday, saying the U.S. prison camp was ineffective and damaging.

"The continuing detention without fair trial of prisoners is unacceptable in terms of human rights. But it is also ineffective in terms of counter-terrorism," Beckett said at the launch of her department's annual human rights report.

It is widely argued now that the existence of the camp is as much a radicalising and discrediting influence as it is a safeguard to security," she added.

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Beckett's comments are among the strongest condemnations of Guantanamo by a senior minister in Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, U.S. President George W. Bush's staunchest ally in the Iraq war.





http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1513512006

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1. Beckett and Falconer are correct

What does that make GWB (besides a torturer)? K&R

[Supersedeas]

2. and the US Media says: What? Nothing to see here...move right along

Sports and Weather anyone?

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3. US releases 17 more Guantanamo detainees

Another 17 detainees have been released from Guantanamo Bay as calls continue to mount for the closure of the detention facility.

The United States military has released 16 Afghan detainees and one Iranian captive after deeming them to be no longer a security threat.

Several of the Afghan men claim they were abused while in US custody.

The move came as British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett called for Guantanamo Bay to be closed, saying the continued detention of people without a fair trial is a breach of human rights.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1763792.ht...