U.N. panel gets go-ahead to pursue `dark forces'

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Fri, Jan. 09, 2004

U.N. panel gets go-ahead to pursue `dark forces'
BY CATHERINE ELTON
Special to The Herald

GUATEMALA CITY - Human rights activists on Thursday praised an unusual new agreement in which the Guatemalan government will allow a U.N.-appointed panel to investigate and help prosecute criminal groups believed to be linked to the government and the military.

These mysterious groups, usually referred to as ''dark forces,'' are believed to have been responsible for a recent rash of attacks on human rights activists and justice system workers, besides being involved in organized crime.

Human rights activists have long complained that Guatemalan prosecutors lack the ability and, in some cases, political will to investigate these crimes -- and last year requested the formation of an independent international commission that would help investigate the crimes and bring them to trial.

''This is an important development not only for Guatemala, but for the rest of the world. It creates an innovative model for how, at the request of the government, a country can secure international intervention to combat deep-rooted impunity,'' said Claudia Samayoa, who directed the coalition of nongovernment groups involved in the commission's creation. (snip)

(snip) The ''dark forces'' in Guatemala are considered to be descendants of the police, the military and other death squads that abducted, killed and tortured leftist guerrillas and suspected sympathizers during Guatemalas 36-year civil war, which ended in a 1996 peace accord.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/7668212.htm

[DUreader]

1. The UN panel can start down the hallway at Negraponte's office

[sleipnir]

2. I thought this was a physics thing, whewwww....kinda glad it's not...

Dark forces is a bit of an insider code name for some odd techniques involving quantum physics. The whole idea is extremely complicated, but rest assured, it's not pretty and may involve a lot of dangerous techniques. It's been theorized that we could rupture our little bit of the mulitverse's current space/time continuum (or even worse, the whole thing), hence the "Dark Forces" moniker. All relates to the ever changing issue of String Theory.

[jamesinca]

3. One the bright side

The U.N. is doing it, not the Bush administration. Imagine if Bush had control of the space time continuum? As is stated in post 1, they need to start with Negroponte, and move onto Rumsfeld. By the way Rummy has spent a lot of time in Central America in the last few months. Mostly during the time of the coup attempts in Venezuela.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Really!

Never knew this. Thanks for the information, although it makes one sick!