UN official says: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld - English
UN official Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld - English. Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick...
UN official Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld - English. Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
"We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nat More..ions, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture."
Asked during an interview with Germany's ZDF television on Jan. 20, Nowak said: "I think the evidence is on the table."
At issue, however, is whether "American law will recognize these forms of torture."
A bipartisan Senate report released last month found Rumsfeld and other top administration officials responsible for abuse of Guantanamo detainees in US custody.
It said Rumsfeld authorized harsh interrogation techniques on December 2, 2002 at the Guantanamo prison, although he ruled them out a month later.
The coercive measures were based on a document signed by Bush in February, 2002.
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Tabarra as a Manifestation of Tawalla; When is \'Hate\' Acceptable? -...
- Natural phenomena based on two sentiments that Allah has created within us: “love” & “hate”
- No one has problem with love, however...
- Natural phenomena based on two sentiments that Allah has created within us: “love” & “hate”
- No one has problem with love, however these days people have problem with “hate” or “hatred”
- Distinguishing between hatred based on discrimination, and hate based on a persons evil actions or intent, etc
- How is the love for the Ahlul Bayt expressed by Muslims?
- What does the Qur\'an say regarding love of the Ahlul Bayt, and especially Ali?
- Why is love for Ali connected to Imaan and not Islam?
- Tabarra as an implication of the love for the Ahlul Bayt
- How has the Ummah acted in the days after the Prophet and the days after Ali?
- How did they view the killer of Ali?
- Linking these statements to the slogans heard today in the streets of Karachi favouring Mu\'awiyah and Yazid, which is against even mainstream Sunni views
- The expression of matam, crying, and azadari as a way to show our dissatisfaction of the killing of Husayn, which goes in hand with la\'nat
Eid-e-Zehra 1442
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
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