Sunday, July 22, 2007

A Kinder Gentler Torture State

Keeping with NPR's insistence that Saudi Arabia is run by "moderates" we get to hear about its great new rehabilitation program for "anti-terrorism" detainees. According to NPR and Saudi officials the program has "has prevented some young men from returning to al-Qaeda or other radical groups" and creates a "a relaxed, nonthreatening atmosphere" for detainees. If you know about the nightmare of Saudi detention and the institutional abuses of the Saudi government, then this report is nothing short of a mockery of human rights. Disgraceful.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/24/07, 1:46 PM

    Yeah. The US ruling class and their media cohorts go to great lengths to shield the Saudi government and the House of Saud itself from criticism. I mean, most of the supposed 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia and where does the US government attack... Iraq! Hmmm.

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  2. Anonymous7/27/07, 4:54 PM

    I love it when Republiocans fein dismay for those subjected to Saudi interrogation techniques.

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