The Ratio

The human rights group Liberty is asking the Chief constables of 11 U.K. police forces to "investigate allegations the US is using UK airports to send terror suspects to countries that carry out torture." I wish them luck.

Some in the European Parliament are not convinced the EU presidency holder Britain is taking the investigation into the European wing of the CIA Torture Gulag seriously.

Meanwhile in Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's promised investigation into torture by his own government seems to be stalled, while former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi levels torture charges against the current government (he should know).

"We are hearing about secret police, secret bunkers where people are being interrogated," he said. "A lot of Iraqis are being tortured or killed in the course of interrogations."

Ridha Jawad Taqi, a senior SCIRI member eased everyone's concerns by stating: "...mistakes are bound to happen."

Now Voice of America is reporting a new excuse for the failure of the investingation:

Iraq's Shi'ite-led government says it has not been able to investigate allegations of torture of Sunni Arab prisoners in an interior-run detention center in Baghdad because mistakes made at the site by Americans have tainted some of the evidence and files.

While the office of Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Nuri Shaways, who is leading the investigation, simply said that they needed more time.




Tags: Torture