[From the diaries by susanhu.]
In a galaxy far far away . . . Or so it seems today. Today Amnesty International is just another group of people “who hate America” and where its report about the US forces’ torture and abuse of detainees is just an “absurd allegation.” Today Amnesty is “not taken seriously” by our highest government officials (and the biggest Dick in our great land).
But once upon a time, it was different. A time like, say . . . 2003? (More after the fold)
Yes, once upon a time, when the evil Saddam “who almost killed my daddy” Hussein roamed the earth spreading fear and death, torture and rape across Iraq, a time when Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction threatened a “mushroom cloud” over American cities, a time when his mobile bioterror factories and remote controlled vehicles of death prowled over land and air, and Iraq’s ballistic missiles were ready to be unleashed on a mere 45 minutes notice, Amnesty International, and its report on the human rights violations of the Iraqi regime, were taken very seriously indeed:
Amnesty International reported that, in October 2000, the Iraqi Government executed dozens of women accused of prostitution.
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Iraqi security agents reportedly decapitated numerous women and men in front of their family members. According to Amnesty International, the victims’ heads were displayed in front of their homes for several days.
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In August 2001 Amnesty International released a report entitled Iraq — Systematic Torture of Political Prisoners, which detailed the systematic and routine use of torture against suspected political opponents and, occasionally, other prisoners. Amnesty International also reports “Detainees have also been threatened with bringing in a female relative, especially the wife or the mother, and raping her in front of the detainee. Some of these threats have been carried out.”
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Amnesty International reported that Iraq has the world’s worst record for numbers of persons who have disappeared or remain unaccounted for.
Well, maybe that was a different Amnesty International.
